التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Affective Forecasting About Hedonic Loss and Adaptation: Implications for Damage Awards. |
| المؤلفون: |
Greene, Edie1 egreene@uccs.edu, Sturm, Kristin A.2, Evelo, Andrew J.3 |
| المصدر: |
Law & Human Behavior (American Psychological Association). Jun2016, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p244-256. 13p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*HEDONIC damages, AFFECTIVE forecasting (Psychology), ADAPTABILITY (Personality), JURY decision making, PEOPLE with paraplegia, STATUS (Law) |
| مستخلص: |
In tort lawsuits, plaintiffs may seek damages for loss of enjoyment of life, so-called hedonic loss, which occurred as a result of an accident or injury. In 2 studies, we examined how people judge others' adaptation and hedonic loss after an injury. Laypeople's forecasts of hedonic loss are relevant to concerns about whether jurors appropriately compensate plaintiffs. Longitudinal data of subjective well-being (e.g., Binder & Coad, 2013) show that hedonic loss is domain-specific: Many physical impairments (e.g., strokes) inflict less hedonic loss than many persistent yet invisible ailments (e.g., mental illness and conditions that cause chronic pain). We used vignette methodology to determine whether laypeople (n = 68 community members and 65 students in Study 1; 87 community members and 93 students in Study 2) and rehabilitation professionals (n = 47 in Study 2) were aware of this fact. In Study 1, participants' ratings of hedonic loss subsequent to a physical injury and a comparably severe psychological impairment did not differ. In Study 2, ratings of short- and long-term hedonic loss stemming from paraplegia and chronic back pain showed that neither laypeople nor professionals understood that hedonic loss is domain-specific. These findings imply that observers may forecast a future for people who suffered serious physical injuries as grimmer than it is likely to be, and a future for people who experience chronic pain and psychological disorders as rosier than is likely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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