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Holding a silver lining theory: When negative attributes heighten performance

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, March 2015
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (80th percentile)

Mentioned by

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5 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
8 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Citations

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6 Dimensions

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79 Mendeley
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Title
Holding a silver lining theory: When negative attributes heighten performance
Published in
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, March 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.11.001
Authors

Alexandra E. Wesnousky, Gabriele Oettingen, Peter M. Gollwitzer

X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 79 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
New Zealand 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Netherlands 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Unknown 75 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 30%
Researcher 13 16%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 10%
Other 7 9%
Other 14 18%
Unknown 4 5%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 42 53%
Business, Management and Accounting 13 16%
Social Sciences 7 9%
Computer Science 3 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 3%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 7 9%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2024.
All research outputs
#672,602
of 25,658,139 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
#303
of 2,378 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,099
of 271,636 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
#2
of 10 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,378 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its peers.
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