ReviewCurrent opinion in psychiatry2015
Costs and benefits of realism and optimism.
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- Affective Attitudes in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Dynamics of Negative Emotions and a Sense of Threat in Poles in the First Wave of the Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Computational methods for integrative evaluation of confidence, accuracy, and reaction time in facial affect recognition in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2021Article
- Components of Unrealistic Optimism of College Students: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- [Coronavirus: Predictive brain and terror management].L'Encephale · 2020Article
- A critical review and development of a conceptual model of exclusion from social relations for older people.European journal of ageing · 2020Review
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- Brief Report: Reduced Optimism Bias in Self-Referential Belief Updating in High-Functioning Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- A plea for minimally biased naturalistic philosophy.Synthese · 2019Article
- Optimistic update bias holds firm: Three tests of robustness following Shah et al.Consciousness and cognition · 2017Article
- What is unrealistic optimism?Consciousness and cognition · 2017Review
- Depressive delusions.Filosofia unisinos = Unisinos journal of philosophy · 2016Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWhat is the relationship between rationality and mental health? By considering the psychological literature on depressive realism and unrealistic optimism, it was hypothesized that, in the context of judgments about the self, accurate cognitions are psychologically maladaptive and inaccurate cognitions are psychologically adaptive. Recent studies recommend being cautious in drawing any general conclusion about the style of thinking and mental health. RECENT
findingsRecent investigations suggest that people with depressive symptoms are more accurate than controls in tasks involving time perception and estimates of personal circumstances, but not in other tasks. Unrealistic optimism remains a robust phenomenon across a variety of tasks and domains, and researchers are starting to explore its neural bases. However, the challenge is to determine to what extent and in what way unrealistic optimism is beneficial. SUMMARY: We should revisit the hypothesis that optimistic cognitions are psychologically adaptive, whereas realistic thinking is not. Realistic beliefs and expectations can be conducive to wellbeing and good functioning, and wildly optimistic cognitions have considerable psychological costs.
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