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Blessed are those who expect nothing: Lowering expectations as a way of avoiding disappointment

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Economic Psychology, August 2003
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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)

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2 news outlets
blogs
3 blogs
twitter
1 X user
wikipedia
8 Wikipedia pages

Citations

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107 Dimensions

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Title
Blessed are those who expect nothing: Lowering expectations as a way of avoiding disappointment
Published in
Journal of Economic Psychology, August 2003
DOI 10.1016/s0167-4870(02)00211-8
Authors

Wilco W. van Dijk, Marcel Zeelenberg, Joop van der Pligt

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
Netherlands 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 95 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 22%
Student > Master 14 14%
Professor 11 11%
Researcher 9 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 9%
Other 23 23%
Unknown 11 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 31 31%
Social Sciences 14 14%
Business, Management and Accounting 12 12%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 6%
Computer Science 5 5%
Other 13 13%
Unknown 18 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. 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 31 January 2024.
All research outputs
#1,088,899
of 26,017,215 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Economic Psychology
#86
of 1,071 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,020
of 55,083 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Economic Psychology
#1
of 3 outputs
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