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Document 0361
DOCN M9490361
TI Effect of dispositional optimism on comparative risk perceptions for
developing AIDS.
DT 9411
AU Fontaine KR; Department of Psychology, University of Central
Lancashire,; Preston, UK.
SO Psychol Rep. 1994 Jun;74(3 Pt 1):843-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94336801
AB The present study investigated the effects of individual differences
along the dimension of dispositional optimism-pessimism on comparative
risk perception in relation to the prospect of developing AIDS. 104
university students completed the Life Orientation Test of Scheier and
Carver and estimated the likelihood of AIDS happening to themselves and
the average university student. A split at the median on the Life
Orientation Test divided subjects into optimists and pessimists.
Dispositional optimists and pessimists rated their own likelihood of
developing AIDS as less than that of the average student. Moreover,
subjects classified as optimistic and pessismistic did not differ
significantly in their ratings of comparative risk perception.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Adolescence Adult
*Attitude to Health *Defense Mechanisms Female *Health Behavior
Human *Life Style Male Personality Inventory Risk Factors JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).