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Unrealistic Optimism: Still a Neglected Trait [PDF]
Journal of Business and Psychology, 2009 Purpose Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts.
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The relativity of unrealistic optimism
Acta Psychologica, 1996 The influence of the interaction between the valence of a future event and its perceived controllability on the degree of unrealistic optimism (UO) was tested. It was hypothesized that participants, while comparing themselves to an unknown comparison-target, will assign higher occurrence probabilities for positive-controllable events, and lower ...
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Does Unrealistic Optimism Contribute to Low Hepatitis B Vaccination Rates among Healthcare Workers and Medical Students? [PDF]
Journal of Sharif Medical & Dental College, 2019 Objective: This study aims to determine the role of unrealistic optimism in the development of attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs) and medical students.
Osama Habib +6 more
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Il diavolo con gli occhiali. Sciascia, inquisiti e inquisitori
Babel: Littératures Plurielles, 2023 This essay is meant to provide food for thought on a core topic in Sciascia’s storytelling, that is the theme of justice and its different aspects. Through two political Gothic novels, such as Il contesto and Todo modo, his essays, his journalistic ...
Alice Cencetti
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Can Unrealistic Optimism Among Consumers Precipitate Economic Recessions?
RisksThis paper examines the macroeconomic implications of unrealistic optimism, a psychological bias that has been largely overlooked in economic models.
Hyun-Soo Doh, Jiahao Pan
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Jurnal PsikologiProtective behavior is crucial and needed when crisis conditions occur, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study wanted to examine whether (1) unrealistic optimism is significantly correlated to risk perception; (2) risk ...
Sabiqotul Husna, Denisa Apriliawati
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Hope and Expectancies for Future Events in Depression
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 The present study investigated prospective cognition with the Hope scale (Snyder et al., 1991) and the Unrealistic Optimism Scale (Weinstein, 1980) in clinically depressed (CD; n = 61), previously depressed (PD; n = 42), and never depressed controls (ND;
Jens Christoph Thimm +5 more
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Do unbiased people act more rationally?—The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Within different populations and at various stages of the pandemic, it has been demonstrated that individuals believe they are less likely to become infected than their average peer.
Kamil Izydorczak +6 more
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Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
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Optimism as a prior belief about the probability of future reward.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2014 Optimists hold positive a priori beliefs about the future. In Bayesian statistical theory, a priori beliefs can be overcome by experience. However, optimistic beliefs can at times appear surprisingly resistant to evidence, suggesting that optimism might ...
Aistis Stankevicius +3 more
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