Temporal Framing in Risk Communication and the Moderating Role of Message Receivers’ Optimistic Bias

This research studies the moderating effect of comparative optimism on the effects of temporal frames included in behavioral recommendations (such as “start exercising this week” versus “this year”) on compliance intention. In two studies, proximal temporal framing proved more effective than distal framing among comparative optimists but not among nonoptimists.



Citation:

Sandra Praxmarer-Carus and Marina Wieluch (2021) ,"Temporal Framing in Risk Communication and the Moderating Role of Message Receivers’ Optimistic Bias", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 904-904.

Authors

Sandra Praxmarer-Carus, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Marina Wieluch, Universität der Bundeswehr München



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021



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