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Field name	Details
Nuova numerazione	75247
Collocazione	UPS BIBL CENTR SL-II-578
Autore	STOCK, M. L.
Titolo	It only takes once : the absent-exempt heuristic and reactions to comparison-based sexual risk information. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica	pp. 35-52
Nota generale	Estratto da: Journal of personality and social psychology 2015, 109, 1
Riassunto	Three studies (N = 545) investigated the effects of social comparison on the 'absent-exempt' (AE) heuristic (feeling exempt from future risk). Study 1 examined how comparison with an infected peer (comparison target) who was similar or nonsimilar in terms of sexual risk (number of partners, lack of condom use), influenced willingness and intentions to engage in sex without a condom, and conditional perceived vulnerability to an STD. Participants generally reported lower willingness and higher conditional vulnerability if they compared with a similar-risk level target. However, high-risk students who compared with a low-risk target engaged in what appeared to be AE thinking, reporting the highest willingness and lowest conditional vulnerability. Intentions to have sex without a condom were not influenced. Study 2 included a direct measure of AE thinking and compared the impact of a low-risk comparison target with a Public Service Announcement (PSA) stating that negative outcomes (STDs) can happen even to low-risk targets. Among high-risk participants, comparing with the low-risk target increased AE thinking. The effects in Studies 1 and 2 were strongest among participants high in tendencies to socially compare. Study 3 explored whether AE thinking could be decreased by encouraging more reasoned processing. Results indicated that asking participants to think about the illogicality of AE thinking reduces AE endorsement and increases STD testing intentions. Findings suggest that comparison-based information can have a stronger influence on health cognitions than analytic-based information (e.g., most PSAs). Implications for dual-processing models of decision-making and their applicability to health messages are discussed.
Tipo di documento	RICERCA.
Soggetto	RISCHIO.
	RELAZIONI SESSUALI.
	CONTRACCETTIVI.
	STUDENTI.
	USA.
	SESSUALITÀ.
	SALUTE.
Ambito	Psicologico
Autore Secondario	GIBBONS, F. X.
	BEEKMAN, J. B.
	GERRARD, M.
Titolo correlato	Journal of personality and social psychology 2015, 109, 1
Accesso online	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2015-27324-001&lang=it&site=ehost-live

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It only takes once : the absent-exempt heuristic and reactions to comparison-based sexual risk information.