Optimistic Biases About Personal Risks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23349175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil D Weinstein (Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 246 |
| Issue | 4935 |
| Pages | 1232-1233 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511 |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.2686031 |
| PMID | 2686031 |
| OpenAlex | W2028499407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 182 |
| References cited | 26 |
Business · Internet privacy · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology
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Communicating Quantitative Risk Information
Linking Risk Messages to Information Seeking and Processing
Science Journalism and Pandemic Uncertainty
Communication Factors Influencing Flood-Risk-Mitigation Motivation and Intention among College Students
The effect of knowledge and ignorance assessments on perceived risk
The social-psychological determinants of climate change risk perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours
Is youth pessimism good for the environment? Insights from Pisa 2015
We are at risk, and so what? Place attachment, environmental risk perceptions and preventive coping behaviours
The Potential and Limits of Consumer Empowerment by Information
Optimistic expectations in early marriage
It only takes once
Overrating the X-Rating
Socio-cultural and economic determinants of Latrine ownership and utilisation
Child Pedestrians
Unrealistic Optimism
Risk Perceptions Related to Sars and Avian Influenza
How Behaviors are Influenced by Perceived Norms
Threat, coping and flood prevention – A meta-analysis
Dispositional, Unrealistic, and Comparative Optimism
The impact of social media on risk perceptions during the Mers outbreak in South Korea
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT)
Dispositional optimism
Maintaining Life Satisfaction
Risk and Rationality in Adolescent Decision Making
Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population
Subjective Wellbeing, Homeostatically Protected Mood and Depression
The Impact of Trust and Risk Perception on the Acceptance of Measures to Reduce Covid‐19 Cases
Defining Moments in Risk Communication Research
Optimistic bias in adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers
Confirmation Bias
Qualitative Insights Into Cancel Culture Prevention, Its Potential Individual Impacts, and How to Explore them
Attributing information to different sources
Mass media coverage of technological and environmental risks
The Effect of Physical Limitations on Depressive Symptoms Over the Life Course
Developing a National Index of Subjective Wellbeing
Interpreting differences in quality of life
What does it mean to know a cumulative risk? Adolescents' perceptions of short-term and long-term consequences of smoking
The future of optimism
Perceived Onset Time of Medical Conditions
The Influence of SNS on Policy Support to Mitigate Public Health Crises
Relationship between Phobic Anxiety in Work and Leisure Activity Situations, and Optimistic Bias Associated with Covid-19 among South Koreans
Environmental Risk
How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers
The Developmental Context of Substance use in Emerging Adulthood
Are People Optimistically Biased about the Risk of Covid-19 Infection? Lessons from the First Wave of the Pandemic in Europe
Experience and Health-Related Behavior in Times of the Corona Crisis in Germany
Mismatch between self-perceived and calculated cardiometabolic disease risk among participants in a prevention program for cardiometabolic disease
Better than my neighbor? Testing for overconfidence in Covid-19 preventive behaviors in Latin America
Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making during crises? A study of low-income women in El Salvador during the Covid-19 pandemic
Patient experience of implant loss after immediate breast reconstruction
Victimización, Polivictimización e Ideación suicida en los Adolescentes Pertenecientes al Sistema de Justicia Juvenil
Career decisions in artistic professions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany—an experimental study
Escape or encouragement? The role of media entertainment during the Covid-19 pandemic in China
Decision Vacuums in the Provision of Abortion Care
The Effects of Earthquake Experience on Intentions to Respond to Earthquake Early Warnings
Exposure Pathways to Antimicrobial Resistance at the Human-Animal Interface—A Qualitative Comparison of Swiss Expert and Consumer Opinions
Assessment tools for disease risk perception in chronic patients
Mosquito-borne infectious diseases in northeastern Italy
Physicians' Perspective on Vaccine-Hesitancy at the Beginning of Israel's Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign and Public's Perceptions of Physicians' Knowledge When Recommending the Vaccine to Their Patients
What shapes flood risk perceptions? Comparing public perceptions with Fema flood hazard maps in the U.S
Assessing farmers’ preparedness to cope with the impacts of multiple climate change-related hazards in the Terai lowlands of Nepal
Assessing household underestimation of hurricane food shortages via large language model agent simulation
The better the bond, the better we cope. The effects of place attachment intensity and place attachment styles on the link between perception of risk and emotional and behavioral coping
Persuasive Narratives About Osteoporosis
Families coping with the Covid-19 pandemic
Public Support for Covid-19 Responses
Before Omicron’s Arrival
The Role of Optimistic Bias and Affect on Social Media Searches About Covid-19
Interpersonal Communication Influence on Health-Protective Behaviors Amid the Covid-19 Crisis
Interpersonal Communication Influence on Health-Protective Behaviors amid the Covid-19 Crisis
Conflicted and Relevant
Increasing Perceived Risk of Opioid Misuse
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Perceived Physical Vulnerability Promotes Prosocial Behavior
Uncovering the role of optimism bias in social media phishing
A Path Analysis Model on the Relationship Between Victimization, Cognitive Distortions and Antisocial Behaviors in Adolescents
The role of temporal distance on forecasting the difficulty of goal pursuits
How to Guard Against Fixation? Demonstrating Individual Vulnerability is More Effective Than Warning of General Risk
Cyber Hygiene Intentions
Consumers across cultures
Mountains and Handrails
Perceptions and experiences of environmental health risks among new mothers
Community involvement and risk perception at personal and societal levels
Conceptualising risk communication barriers to household flood preparedness
Is global warming affecting the weather?’ Evidence for increased attribution beliefs among coastal versus inland US residents
When the political becomes private
When a Serious Adverse Event in Research Occurs, How Do Other Volunteers React
Considering the Dynamics of Problem Definition
Government Social Media Engagement and Health Perceptions During the Covid-19 Crisis
From Self-Enhancement to Supporting Censorship
When the East Meets the West
Fostering water sensitive citizenship – Community profiles of engagement in water-related issues
Integrating competing conceptions of risk
Trust and affect
Risk targets
Expert and lay judgements of danger and recklessness in adventure sports
Optimism and the perceptions of new risks
From a fiasco to the Supertanker grand finale
Health risk perceptions across time in the USA
Findings and Theory in the Study of Fear Communications
Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems
Perceived Risk, Real Risk
Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems
Why it won't happen to me
The Social and Cultural Construction of Risk
Dispositional Optimism and Physical Well‐Being
Optimistic biases in public perceptions of the risk from radon
Self–other judgments and perceived vulnerability to victimization
The totalitarian ego
Depression and pessimism for the future
Social comparison in adjustment to breast cancer
Unrealistic optimism about future life events
Downward comparison principles in social psychology
Illusion and well-being
Teacher Education Students' Preconceptions of Teaching
| Unique citing works | 182 |
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| Citations per year | 5,35 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 169 |