The Influence Of Approach-Motivated Positive Affect On Decision Making In Badminton

The relationship between emotion and decision-making is the research hotspot in the field of modern psychology.Although many studies on the impact of positive emotions on decision-making are controversial,they still give us a lot of inspiration.Researchers began to add motivation factor into the scope of the study of emotions since Gable and Harmon-Jones.Many studies started to re-explore the effects of emotion on cognitive activities based on the motivational dimensional model of affect(Gable & Harmon-Jones,2008 a,2010b,2010c).Based on this model,the present study tried to investigate the influence of approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making in sport via the carrier of badminton back court shot and in which executive function was included.The aim of the present study was to reveal the role of approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making in sport.Study 1 adopted 3(approach-motivated positive affect)× 2(decision-making type)mixed design to investigate the effect of approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making.The results showed that approach-motivated positive affect had an significant effect on decision-making,especially on cognitive decision making.Participants’ decision making performance decreased with the rise of approaching motivation.Study 2 consists of three experiments.Study 2a adopted 2(approach-motivated positive affect)× 2(inhibition)between subject design to explore the effect of approach-motivated positive affect and inhibition function on decision-making.The results indicated that approach-motivated positive affect and inhibition had significant effects on decision-making.Participants with better inhibition function tended to maintain a higher correct rate in cognitive decision making.Study 2b adopted 2(approach-motivated positive affect)× 2(shifting)between subject design to explore the effect of approach-motivated positive affect and shifting function on decision-making.The results indicated that shifting didn’t affect cognitive decision-making.And study 2c adopted 2(approach-motivated positive affect)× 2(updating)between subject design to explore the effect of approach-motivated positive affect and updating function on decision-making.The results indicated that updating didn’t affect cognitive decision-making.Study 3 adopted 2(approach-motivated positive affect)× 2(inhibition)× 2(type of task)mixed design to inspect the moderating effect of inhibition on the influence of approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making.The results suggested that after occupying inhibition function,participants’ correct rate were not significant in both group.Thus it can be seen that inhibition function moderated the effect of approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making.The conclusions drawn from this research were as followings: approach-motivated positive affect had significant effect on decision-making,which is moderated by inhibition function.Those who had better inhibition function had the ability to reduce adverse effects of high approach-motivated positive affect on decision-making in sport.