3–6-9 “Threatened-Me” Rule : Testing a New Method to Reduce Unrealistic Comparative Optimism
3–6-9 “Threatened-Me” Rule : Testing a New Method to Reduce Unrealistic Comparative Optimism
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Kulesza, Wojciech
Doliński, Dariusz
Muniak, Paweł
Izydorczak, Kamil
Kozłowska, Patrycja
Mazurkiewicz, Wojciech
Rizulla, Aidana
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2023-07-06
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Current Psychology
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1-13
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1046-1310
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2023-07-06
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Unrealistic comparative optimism (UO) bias, which is a specific and biased form of optimism, poses major risks for the individual, particularly for one’s health. From this perspective, there is a pressing need for methods reducing this bias and the present paper joins this effort. In two on-line mixed-design experiments (N = 1,330), the second of which was preregistered, we tested whether UO – regarding the probability of COVID-19 infection—can be eradicated or at least reduced via generation of optimistic/pessimistic scenarios in comparison to others. Generating pessimistic scenarios consistently fully eradicated the UO bias. Generating optimistic scenarios did not change UO.
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Unrealistic comparative optimism
Eradication/reduction of unrealistic optimism
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Eradication/reduction of unrealistic optimism
COVID-19
Coronavirus
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