Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychology Wellesley College Wellesley Massachusetts USA
Abstract
AbstractThe purpose of this research was to test, in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the hypothesis that individuals who use defensive pessimism as a strategy to manage anxiety are likely to act to prevent or mitigate negative outcomes. Across three crowd‐sourced samples (Total N = 1416), defensive pessimism was correlated with self‐reports of more precautionary behavior (Studies 1, 2, & 3) and fewer COVID‐positive results (Study 3).
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