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Kulesza, Wojciech, Dolinski, Dariusz, Muniak, Paweł, Izydorczak, Kamil, Kozłowska, Patrycja, Mazurkiewicz, Wojciech, Rizulla, Aidana |
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Current Psychology; Feb2024, Vol. 43 Issue 8, p7284-7296, 13p |
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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