Susan J Wenze, Kathleen C Gunthert, Anthony H Ahrens, T C Taylor Bos
{"title":"Biases in Short-Term Mood Prediction in Individuals with Depression and Anxiety Symptoms.","authors":"Susan J Wenze, Kathleen C Gunthert, Anthony H Ahrens, T C Taylor Bos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We used ecological momentary assessment to explore depressive and anxious biases in within-day negative and positive mood predictions. Participants (<i>N</i> = 120) who were higher in depression symptoms demonstrated stronger biases (i.e., were more pessimistically biased) in the prediction of negative mood and weaker biases (i.e., were less optimistically biased) in the prediction of positive mood (<i>b</i><sub>01</sub> = .002, <i>SE</i> = .001, <i>p</i> = .031 and <i>b</i><sub>01</sub> = -.008, SE = .002, <i>p</i> < .001, respectively). Anxiety symptoms were not associated with short-term mood prediction biases (<i>p</i>'s > .10). Such biases might influence daily decisions and experiences as well as impact longer-term outcomes. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":89678,"journal":{"name":"Individual differences research : IDR","volume":"11 3","pages":"91-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4203448/pdf/nihms517465.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32766678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie J Sohl, Anne Moyer, Konstantin Lukin, Sarah K Knapp-Oliver
{"title":"Why are Optimists Optimistic?","authors":"Stephanie J Sohl, Anne Moyer, Konstantin Lukin, Sarah K Knapp-Oliver","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined what is brought to mind when responding to the items comprising a measure of dispositional optimism. Participants (N = 113) completed the Life Orientation Test and the COPE, a measure of coping style, and described why they responded the way they did to the items assessing optimism. Participants' explanations comprised eight types of reasoning: (1) faith in a higher power; (2) belief in fate or a just world; (3) personal fortune; (4) belief in the role of one's own ability; (5) reliance on idioms; (6) beliefs about the usefulness of thinking optimistically; (7) matter-of-fact statements; and (8) a feeling, intuition, or hope. These types were also related to coping styles. Responses to positively-worded items were explained with respect to external forces and responses to negatively-worded items were explained with respect to internal forces. Understanding how people explain their optimism may be the first step in fostering this outlook.</p>","PeriodicalId":89678,"journal":{"name":"Individual differences research : IDR","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519290/pdf/nihms376636.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31122993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}