All framing effects are not created equal: Low convergent validity between two classic measurements of framing.

ABSTRACT: Human risk-taking attitudes can be influenced by two logically equivalent but descriptively different frames, termed the framing effect. The classic hypothetical vignette-based task (Asian disease problem) and a recently developed reward-based gambling task have been widely used to assess individual differences in the framing effect. Previous studies treat framing bias as a stable trait that has genetic basis. However, these two paradigms differ in terms of task domain (loss vs. gain) and task context (vignette-based vs. reward-based) and the convergent validity of these measurements remains unknown. Here, we developed a vignette-based task and a gambling task in both gain and loss domains and tested correlations of the framing effect among these tasks in 159 young adults. Our results reve

SUBMITTER: Zhen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4951804 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature