Success Bias and Inflation Bias After Planning and Communicating Emotional Support.

摘要: This study investigates the potential for cancer patients’ supporters to experience cognitive biases after communicating emotional support messages. A success bias was predicted, such that those who planned their messages would rate as more effective in comparison with did not plan (H1a-H1c). An inflation also than patients rated (H2a-H2c). One hundred laboratory participants were randomly assigned a planning or distraction task before recording an message friend had hypothetically been diagnosed cancer. Laboratory own terms of relational assurances, problem-solving utility, and awareness. Subsequently, viewed participants’ on same characteristics. Participants significantly higher assurance utility but Irrespective condition, all three dependent variables patients. Supporters should be aware propensity overrate supportive abilities guard against assumption results