Surprisingness and Occupational Engagement Influence Affective Forecasting in Career-Relevant Contexts.

ABSTRACT: People tend to misestimate their future emotions. This phenomenon is thought to be associated with information accessibility. However, few studies have demonstrated the impact of context-specific information accessibility on affective forecasting. This research investigated the effects of information accessibility on affective forecasting in career context (i.e., occupational engagement was seen as information accessibility), during which surprise or not surprise context was played simultaneously. We found that affective forecasting appeared stably across emotional response types. Specifically, there was an underestimation in interest appraisals and an overestimation in satisfaction. These biases were influenced by occupational engagement, which only worked in career interest appraisals. H

SUBMITTER: Lu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9284276 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature