The effect of the judge's condition on the judgment of others' well-being

• Published in: The Journal of social psychology Vol. 164; no. 2; pp. 153 - 168
• Main Author: Ganzach, Yoav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 03.03.2024; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: assimilation and contrast; Health; Health Conditions; health judgments; judgmental anchors; Social judgments; Well being; assimilation and contrast; well-being; health judgments; judgmental anchors; Social judgments

We study the effect of perceivers' health conditions on their judgments of the well-being of target people (their judgments of the targets' day-to-day physical difficulties) based on information about the targets' health conditions. We develop a model which suggests that this effect d...