"How Long Will I Suffer?" Versus "How Long Will You Suffer?" A Self-Other Effect in Affective Forecasting

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 899-917

  Igou, Eric R ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actor observer effect; affective forecasting; coping; self other differences; social prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 54949094652     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011619     Document Type: Article

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