Emotionsreglering och stämningsläge som faktorer för högt och lågt risktagande i beslutsprocessen
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the ways in which emotion
regulation and mood affects risk taking when it comes to decision making
competence. Emotion regulation is an essential part of the attachment process,
the development of an autonomous self and functional stress coping systems.
Research indicates that there is a relation between a distorted emotion
regulation and some psychological disorders like depression, PTSD, anxiety
disorders and borderline (or instable emotional personality disorder). There is
a definite need to analyze the relation between emotion regulation and decision
making competence since it is relatively unexplored. A digital questionnaire
was distributed amongst the participants. This questionnaire contained three
different tests measuring mood, risk taking in relation to decision making
competence, and emotion regulation strategies. Chi-square tests for
independence were carried out to test the relations between emotion regulation
and risk taking; mood and risk taking; mood and emotion regulation. The results
showed no significance between any of the groups. However, there seemed to be a
relation between mood and emotion regulation competence.