Misery Has More Company Than People Think: Underestimating the Prevalence of Other' Negative Emotions  

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Jordan, Alexander H. ; Monin, Benoît ; Dweck, Carol S. ; Lovett, Benjamin J. ; John, Oliver P. ; Gross, James J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 37 no. 1 (Jan. 2011), page 120-135.
Topik: Emotion; Emotion Regulation; Pluralistic Ignorance; Social Comparison; Well-being
Fulltext: PSPB_37_01_120.pdf (938.82KB)

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Four studies document underestimations of the prevalence of others' negative emotions and suggest causes and correlates of these erroneous perceptions. In Study I a, participants reported that their negative emotions were more private or hidden than were their positive emotions; in Study I b, participants underestimated the peer prevalence of common negative, but not positive, experiences described in Study I a. In Study 2, people underestimated negative emotions and overestimated positive emotions even for well-known peers, and this effect was partially mediated by the degree to which those peers reported suppression of negative (vs. positive) emotions. Study 3 showed that lower estimations of the prevalence of negative emotional experiences predicted greater loneliness and rumination and lower life satisfaction and that higher estimations for positive emotional experiences predicted lower life satisfaction. Taken together, these studies suggest that people may think they are more alone in their emotional difficulties than they really are.

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