Exposing People to Others Not Following Recommendations Reduces Unrealistic Optimism. An Experiment During a Pandemic

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dc.abstract.enForty years of research on Unrealistic Optimism - a delusion that negative events are less likely and positive events are more likely to happen to oneself (in comparison to others) - has proved to be robust. Importantly, as a result, people holding this bias reduce their engagement in health prevention and following medical recommendations, etc., leading to the conclusion that this bias is dangerous. However, there is hardly any research on how to reduce this bias. To address this issue, an experiment in the real-life context of the COVID-19 pandemic was run. It was found that participants’ Unrealistic Optimism was reduced when they were exposed to the behavior of others who did not follow medical recommendations.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorKulesza, Wojciech
dc.contributor.authorDoliński, Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorMuniak, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorIzydorczak, Kamil
dc.contributor.authorWęgrzyn, Rafał
dc.contributor.authorRizulla, Aidana
dc.date.access2023-03
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-18T09:40:08Z
dc.date.available2024-01-18T09:40:08Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.grantnumberPPN/GIN/2020/1/00063/U/00001
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical52-57
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume54
dc.identifier.doi10.24425/ppb.2023.144883
dc.identifier.issn0079-2993
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/378
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/144883/edition/127822/content
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enUnrealistic Optimism reduction
dc.subject.enexperiment
dc.subject.enhealth prevention
dc.subject.enapplied social psychology
dc.subject.enCOVID-19
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleExposing People to Others Not Following Recommendations Reduces Unrealistic Optimism. An Experiment During a Pandemic
dc.title.journalPolish Psychological Bulletin
dc.typeJournalArticle
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