Open Access<p>Negative Deviation Effect in Interpersonal Communication: Why People Underestimate the Positivity of Impression They Left on Others</p>
Author(s) -
Jiamin Li,
Zhenchao Zhong,
Lei Mo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s258057
Subject(s) - social psychology , interpersonal communication , psychology , impression formation , impression management , phenomenon , interpersonal relationship , impression , precedent , social perception , perception , advertising , physics , business , public law , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law , political science
Recently, a study revealed that people liked others significantly more than they estimated that others liked them. Thus, the study found that people tended to underestimate how much others liked them, a phenomenon the authors called the Liking Gap. However, the logic and testing of the study existed unclear nature. In order to show whether people underestimate the positivity of impression they left on others, we directly compare the estimate of the impression we left on others with others' actual impression of us, which make the logic clear. Besides, we explored the new findings with regard to the mechanism of the effect.