Biased Social Comparison in the Moment of Crisis The Better-Than-Average Effect and COVID-19

被引：3

作者：

Kulesza, Wojciech ^{[1
]}

Dolinski, Dariusz ^{[2
]}

Muniak, Pawel ^{[1
]}

Winner, Daisy ^{[3
]}

Izydorczak, Kamil ^{[2
]}

Derakhshan, Ali ^{[4
]}

Rizulla, Aidana ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] SWPS Univ Social Sci & Humanities, Ctr Res Social Relat, Dept Psychol Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

[2] SWPS Univ Social Sci & Humanities, Ctr Res Social Behav, Dept Psychol Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

[3] Brown Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Deans Off, Providence, RI 02912 USA

[4] Golestan Univ, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Dept English Language & Literature, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran

[5] Al Farabi Kazakh Natl Univ, Dept Gen & Appl Psychol, Alma Ata, Kazakhstan

来源：

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2023年 / 54卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

social comparisons; better-than-average effect (BTAE); unrealistic optimism (UO); crisis; COVID-19; pandemic; cognitive biases; UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM; SELF-EVALUATION; DESIRABILITY; SMOKERS;

D O I：

10.1027/1864-9335/a000495

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The better-than-average effect (BTAE) is a mechanism where people perceive oneself as better than others. The BTAE could be one of the phenomena explaining why people follow - in the moment of a global health crisis - guidelines ("I am superior to others, and I [will]) take extra precautions, e.g., a vaccine shot"). In this paper, we investigate the BTAE with 3,066 respondents. In Study 1, in all countries, across two measurements in time, the BTAE was present: Participants rated their involvement in self-protection as greater in comparison to others. Study 2 replicated this effect, proving its robustness. Participants estimated their willingness to vaccinate as higher than others. The BTAE was a significant predictor of willingness to vaccinate.

引用

页码：40 / 51

页数：12

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