Misery Has More Company Than People Think: Underestimating the Prevalence of Others’ Negative Emotions
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Misery has more company than people think: underestimating the prevalence of others' negative emotions.
Four studies document underestimations of the prevalence of others' negative emotions and suggest causes and correlates of these erroneous perceptions. In Study 1a, participants reported that their negative emotions were more private or hidden than were their positive emotions; in Study 1b, participants underestimated the peer prevalence of common negative, but not positive, experiences describ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0146-1672,1552-7433
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210390822