Abstract
The current study used a test and re-test of the same third-person perception instrument with similar participants to attempt to replicate findings. Both studies used emergency medical personnel (study 1, N = 587 urban hospital personnel; study 2, N = 212 suburban and rural hospital personnel) to assess the impact of actual expertise on third-person perception regarding media depictions of domestic violence. Results were stronger than anticipated, yielding instead first-person perception. The study contributes to the growing literature linking third/first-person perception to optimistic bias and extends the behavioral component of person-perception research by testing a relationship with self-efficacy, with mixed results.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 463-474 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | North American Journal of Psychology |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Dec 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Psychology