Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin articles from June 1997

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin archives from June 1997

The persuasive effects of verbal and nonverbal information in a context of value relevance.
June 1, 1997... These studies investigated how the verbal and nonverbal content of a message affected value-based attitudes. Participants viewed a speaker who advocated a policy change at their own university (high-personal-relevance condition) or another...

The internal-external scale confounds internal locus of control with expectancies of positive outcomes.
June 1, 1997... Julian Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Scale forces choices between statements expressing internal locus of control and those expressing external locus of control. However, the statements appear also to differ in the confidence they convey...

A leap of faith? Positive illusions in romantic relationships.
June 1, 1997... It is proposed that satisfying, stable relationships reflect intimates' ability to see imperfect relationships in somewhat idealized ways--to make a leap of faith. Both members of dating and married couples completed a measure of relationship...

What do you look for in prospective date? Reexamining the preferences of men and women who differ in self-monitoring propensities.
June 1, 1997... Males and females who differed in self-monitoring propensities indicated their preferences for an evening date by ranking the desirability of nine opposite-sex targets who were varied in attractiveness and personality. In contrast to past...

Optimism and unrealistic optimism have an interacting impact on health-promoting behavior and knowledge changes.
June 1, 1997... A general predisposition toward hopefulness (optimism) and a negation of relative risk of later health problems (unrealistic optimism) have both been thought to predict health-promoting behavior, albeit in dIffering directions. In Study 1 (n =...

Two-dimensional self-esteem and reactions to success and failure.
June 1, 1997... Past research has shown that those low in self-esteem tend to persist less after initial failure than do those high in self-esteem. It is not clear, however, whether this motivational vulnerability is attributable to low self-competence, low...

Biased assimilation, attitude polarization, and affect in reactions to stereotype-relevant scientific information.
June 1, 1997... Two studies examined (a) whether biased assimilation and attitude polarization occur in the processing of stereotype-relevant scientific information and (b) the role of affect in these processes. In Study 1, individuals high or low in prejudice...

Self-efficacy and counterfactual thinking: up a creek with and without a paddle.
June 1, 1997... Two studies examined self-efficacy as a moderator of the consequences of upward and downward counterfactual thinking. In both studies, self-efficacy was manipulated by false feedback after performing an anagram task. In Study 1,...