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Event Valence and Unrealistic Optimism
Psychological Reports, 2003The effect of event valence on unrealistic optimism was studied. 94 Deakin University students rated the comparative likelihood that they would experience either a controllable or an uncontrollable health-related event. Valence was manipulated to be positive (outcome was desirable) or negative (outcome was undesirable) by varying the way a given event
Ron S, Gold, Kate, Martyn
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Anxiety and Unrealistic Optimism
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1990Substantial evidence suggest that people tend to be unrealistically optimistic that positive events will happen to them and that negative events will not. However, recent research indicates that under certain conditions they may be unrealistically pessimistic.
C, Dewberry +4 more
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Unrealistic optimism and event threat
Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2008Individuals typically exhibit "unrealistic optimism" (UO), the belief that they are less likely than the average person to experience a negative event. This may be because, fearing the event, they try to reassure themselves by distorting their reasoning to conclude that they are at comparatively little risk. If this is so, the greater the "event threat"
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Unrealistic optimism in internet events
Computers in Human Behavior, 2007This study assessed the tendency for individuals to be unrealistically optimistic about internet related activities. Ninety-seven participants estimated their chances of experiencing 31 positive and negative internet events compared to the average student at their school.
Jamonn Campbell +3 more
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Risk Perception: Unrealistic Optimism or Realistic Expectancy
Psychological Reports, 1999The current study investigated risk perception and Unrealistic Optimism as a function of involvement in risk. 74 undergraduate students were asked to rate how likely they were to encounter various negative consequences relative to various comparison targets (child, peer, and parent) and specified their actual involvement in risk-taking.
P, Todesco, S B, Hillman
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Event Valence and Unrealistic Optimism: Further Evidence
Psychological Reports, 2004Unrealistic optimism is assessed using either a single question, the rating of own likelihood of experiencing an event compared to that of the average person, or two questions, separate rating of own likelihood and that of the average person. The effect of event valence on unrealistic optimism was studied in a sample of 175 students using the two ...
Ron S, Gold, Kate, Martyn
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Unrealistic Optimism and the Health Belief Model
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2000Why do people fail to engage in positive behaviors which will promote their health and well-being? Researchers addressing this question adopt primarily one of two perspectives, drawing either on theories of health behavior, such as the Health Belief Model (HBM), or on theories of risk perception, such as unrealistic optimism.
V A, Clarke +3 more
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Informed Consent, Therapeutic Misconception, and Unrealistic Optimism
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2020The Belmont Report attested to the cardinal importance of informed consent for ethical research on human subjects. Important challenges to securing informed consent have emerged since its publication more than 40 years ago. Among some of the most significant of these challenges are those that highlight social psychological factors that have the ...
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Unrealistic optimism on information security management
Computers & Security, 2012Information security is a critical issue that many firms face these days. While increasing incidents of information security breaches have generated extensive publicity, previous studies repeatedly expose low levels of managerial awareness and commitment, a key obstacle to achieving a good information security posture.
Hyeun-Suk Rhee +2 more
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Unrealistic optimism among adolescent smokers and nonsmokers
The Journal of Primary Prevention, 1991Two studies were conducted to investigate unrealistic optimism among adolescent cigarette smokers. In the first study, 54 smokers and 304 nonsmokers agreed that there was a strong relationship between smoking and lung cancer. Nonsmokers accurately perceived their chances of contracting lung cancer as below average. However, smokers perceived themselves
J D, Reppucci +3 more
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