Mediating Factors
Psychologists are interested in what types of factors mediate affective forecasting. Research suggests links between forecasting processes and extraversion and neuroticism, possibly because these personality traits affect baseline moods and both experienced and anticipated emotional reactions. Other research has found that working memory and the perceived importance of a future event increase impact bias, but only for some individuals. Other individual traits that lead to differences in forecasting accuracy are levels of attachment anxiety and emotional intelligence. Culture may also mediate affective forecasting. People from east Asian cultures exhibit less susceptibility to both impact bias and focalism. Research has also investigated motivational components of affective forecasting, suggesting that impact bias may be a result of an effort to motivate ourselves towards achieving goals.
Read more about this topic: Affective Forecasting, In Psychology
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