Table 1 List of hypotheses for personal optimism.
From: Optimism bias and its relation to scenario valence, gender, sociality, and insecure attachment
ID | Effect | Predicted direction |
|---|---|---|
H1 | Target × valence+ | H1: Desirable − Undesirable: Self > General Population |
H1a: General Population: Desirable = Undesirable+ | ||
H1b: Self: Desirable > Undesirable+ | ||
H2 | Target × valence × gender− | H2: Desirable − Undesirable (resulting from responses for the Self): Male > Female− |
H2a: General population, Male: Desirable = Undesirable+ | ||
H2b: General population, Female: Desirable = Undesirable+ | ||
H2c: Self, Male: Desirable > Undesirable+ | ||
H2d: Self, Female: Desirable > Undesirable+ | ||
H3 | Sociality− | Self: Social > Alone− |
H4 | Sociality × gender+ | Female > Male: Social-Alone+ |
H5 | Sociality × valence− | Self: (Desirable > Undesirable)social > (Desirable > Undesirable)alone− |
H6 | Sociality × valence × gender− | Female > male: (Desirable − Undesirable)social − (Desirable − Undesirable)alone− |
H7 | Sociality × attachment avoidance− | Self, highly avoidant: Alone > Social− |
H8 | Sociality × attachment avoidance × valence+ | Self, highly avoidant: (Desirable > Undesirable)alone > (Desirable > Undesirable)social+ |
H9 | Sociality × attachment anxiety− | Self, highly anxious: Social > alone− |
H10 | Sociality × attachment anxiety × valence+ | Self, highly anxious: (Desirable > Undesirable)social > (desirable > undesirable)alone+ |
