| On the costs of self-interested economic behavior: how does stinginess get under the skin? | |
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PMID: 20460419 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The present study examined how financial decisions 'get under the skin'. Participants played an economic game in which they could donate some of their payment to another student. Affect was measured afterward and salivary cortisol was measured before and afterward. Participants who kept more money for themselves reported less positive affect, more negative affect, and more shame. Shame predicted higher levels of post-game cortisol, controlling for pre-game cortisol; stingy economic behavior therefore produced a significant indirect effect on cortisol via shame. Thus, shame and cortisol represent plausible emotional and biological pathways linking everyday decisions with downstream consequences for health. |
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Authors:
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Elizabeth W Dunn; Claire E Ashton-James; Margaret D Hanson; Lara B Aknin |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of health psychology Volume: 15 ISSN: 1461-7277 ISO Abbreviation: J Health Psychol Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-12 Completed Date: 2010-08-09 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9703616 Medline TA: J Health Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 627-33 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. edunn@psych.ubc.ca |
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Attitude* Economics Humans Self Efficacy* |
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