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Decision making as coping.

Mary Frances Luce1

  • 1Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0120, USA. mluce@duke.edu

Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
|July 28, 2005
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Decision making involves emotional trade-offs. This model explains how negative emotions from difficult choices can be a barrier, particularly for patients in cancer care decision-making.

Area of Science:

  • Decision Science
  • Health Psychology
  • Behavioral Economics

Background:

  • Decision-making processes can evoke negative emotions, especially when explicit trade-offs between valued attributes are involved.
  • Understanding these emotional aspects is crucial for effective decision support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review a model of emotional trade-off difficulty in decision making.
  • To explore the implications of this model for patient decision making, specifically within cancer care.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of decision-making models.
  • Conceptual analysis of emotional trade-offs.

Main Results:

  • Decision makers are motivated to manage negative emotions arising from decision processing.

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  • Emotional reactions to decisions can act as both a cost and a barrier to patient participation.

    • Conclusions:

    • The model highlights the role of emotional difficulty in hindering patient engagement in healthcare decisions.
    • Addressing emotional responses is key to promoting greater patient involvement in cancer treatment choices.