TY - JOUR
T1 - Want information? How mood and performance perceptions alter the perceived value of information and influence information-seeking behaviors
AU - Gasper, Karen
AU - Zawadzki, Matthew J.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Currently, it is not well understood when positive and negative moods would encourage and discourage the process of identifying and seeking out valuable information. Building upon the mood-as-a-resource hypothesis and the mood-behavior-model, this project reconciles mixed findings by investigating and finding support for the hypothesis that positive moods encourage seeking instrumental information when performance is perceived to be weak; whereas negative moods encourage it when performance is perceived to be strong. These effects are due to mood influencing the perceived value (i. e. instrumentality) of information and cannot be explained by arguing that mood altered the affective costs/benefits associated with the information. Overall, these results indicate that positive moods may help individuals acquire information to resolve an existing problem, whereas negative moods may help individuals acquire information when there is no apparent problem.
AB - Currently, it is not well understood when positive and negative moods would encourage and discourage the process of identifying and seeking out valuable information. Building upon the mood-as-a-resource hypothesis and the mood-behavior-model, this project reconciles mixed findings by investigating and finding support for the hypothesis that positive moods encourage seeking instrumental information when performance is perceived to be weak; whereas negative moods encourage it when performance is perceived to be strong. These effects are due to mood influencing the perceived value (i. e. instrumentality) of information and cannot be explained by arguing that mood altered the affective costs/benefits associated with the information. Overall, these results indicate that positive moods may help individuals acquire information to resolve an existing problem, whereas negative moods may help individuals acquire information when there is no apparent problem.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11031-012-9304-7
DO - 10.1007/s11031-012-9304-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876970102
SN - 0146-7239
VL - 37
SP - 308
EP - 322
JO - Motivation and Emotion
JF - Motivation and Emotion
IS - 2
ER -