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Look ma(rket), No Hands! Optimism Bias and Illusion of Control in Finance Professionals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The optimism bias is the tendency to judge one’s own risk as less than the risk of others. In the present study we found that also finance professionals (N = 60) displayed an optimism bias when forecasting the return of an investment made by ...
Colangelo, Giovanni   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Educational leaders' reports of conditions for supporting SEL implementation: The power of partnerships

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Well‐implemented social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are associated with positive student outcomes. Through CalHOPE, County Office of Education (COE) leaders are providing implementation support to districts and schools seeking to improve SEL delivery statewide.
Ashley N. Metzger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rüdin's Unpublished Family Study From the Early 1920s: “On the Inheritance of Manic‐Depressive Insanity”

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ernst Rüdin, an important and controversial figure in the history of psychiatric genetics, published only one major empirical study on siblings of dementia praecox (DP) probands in 1916. He conducted a parallel study of siblings of probands with manic‐depressive insanity (MDI), but the resulting monograph, written in the early 1920s, was left ...
Kenneth S. Kendler, Astrid Klee
wiley   +1 more source

CEO emotional bias and investment decision, Bayesian network method [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Science Letters, 2012
This research examines the determinants of firms’ investment introducing a behavioral perspective that has received little attention in corporate finance literature.
Jarboui Anis, Mohamed Ali Azouzi
doaj  

Fatalism, Social Support and Mental Health in Four Former Soviet Cultures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Research on social support has identified differences in levels of support between cultures, but has provided only a limited explanation of the role of values or beliefs in accounting for such variations. In this paper we examine the relationship between
Allen, P   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Decoding the Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases—Mechanism, Triggers, and Nanotherapeutics: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights how autoimmune diseases arise from intertwined immunological, genetic, and environmental factors, emphasizing gut microbiota dysbiosis as a pivotal driver. It outlines emerging nanotechnology‐based strategies—such as liposomes, hydrogels, and polymeric nanoparticles—that enhance targeted drug delivery, minimize systemic toxicity,
Md. Meraj Ansari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transport project evaluation: feasibility risk assessment and scenario forecasting

open access: yesTransport, 2017
This paper presents a new approach to transport project assessment in terms of feasibility risk assessment and reference class forecasting. Conventionally, transport project assessment is based upon a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) where evaluation criteria
Kim Bang Salling, Steen Leleur
doaj   +1 more source

Optimistic versus Pessimistic--Optimal Judgemental Bias with Reference Point [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper develops a model of reference-dependent assessment of subjective beliefs in which loss-averse people optimally choose the expectation as the reference point to balance the current felicity from the optimistic anticipation and the future ...
Chen, Si
core   +1 more source

The Optimism Bias: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

open access: yesXJENZA On line, 2014
The optimism bias is a well-established psychological phenomenon. Its study has implications that are far reaching in fields as diverse as mental health and economic theory. With the emerging field of cognitive neuroscience and the advent of advanced neuroimaging techniques, it has been possible to investigate the neural basis of the optimism bias and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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