Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems

Weinstein, N. D. (1987). Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems: Conclusions from a community-wide sample. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1(4), 221-235.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1987

Volume

1

Issue

4

Pages

221-235

DOI registrant

Springer Nature

Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00846146 not authoritativefound

Cited from

psychology

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Primes

• Optimism Bias
  • Optimism bias operates across health behavior (smokers, drinkers, and sedentary individuals substantially underestimate their personal risk of disease while accurately estimating average-smoker risk; this gap substantially reduces self-perceived benefit of behavior change)

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