Affect has been considered an important factor of risk decision making. However, previous work has focused on the valence of affect and disregarded its motivational relevance. We present two studies investigating people’s likelihood to drink and drive as a function of negative affect related to drinking and driving that was inconsistent, or threatening people’s goal pursuit (Study 1) or did not threaten participants’ goal pursuit (Study 2) as well as participants’ motivation to draw conclusions quickly and efficiently (i.e. need for closure, NFC). Negative affect resulted in higher self-reported likelihood to drink and drive, particularly among high NFC individuals, but only when it was inconsistent with participants’ goals. When negative affect was not inconsistent with participants’ goals, it resulted in lower self-reported likelihood to drink and drive among high NFC individuals. The present work points to the importance of the motivational relevance of negative affect in the decision-making process to engage in risk behavior.

影响被认为是风险决策的重要因素。但是，以前的工作集中在情感的效价上，而忽略了它的动机相关性。我们目前进行的两项研究调查了酒后驾车的可能性，这是与酒后驾车相关的负面影响不一致或威胁人的目标追求（研究1）或未威胁参与者的目标追求（研究2）的函数，以及参与者快速有效地得出结论的动机（即需要结案，NFC）。负面影响导致较高的自我报告的饮酒和驾驶可能性，尤其是在NFC较高的人群中，但只有当其与参与者的目标不一致时才如此。当负面影响与参加者的目标不一致时，这导致在NFC较高的人群中自我报告的酒后驾驶可能性降低。本工作指出了负面影响的动机相关性在参与风险行为的决策过程中的重要性。