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Ignorance of Hedonic Adaptation to Hemodialysis: A Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.

Riis, Jason, Loewenstein, George, Baron, Jonathan, Jepson, Christopher, Fagerlin, Angela, Ubel, Peter A.·2005·Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
DOI 10.1037/0096-3445.134.1.3
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Healthy people generally underestimate the self-reported well-being of people with disabilities and serious illnesses. The cause of this discrepancy is in dispute, and the present study provides evidence for 2 causes. First, healthy people fail to anticipate hedonic adaptation to poor health. Using an ecological momentary assessment measure of mood, the authors failed to find evidence that hemodialysis patients are less happy than healthy nonpatients are, suggesting that they have largely, if not completely, adapted to their condition. In a forecasting task, healthy people failed to anticipate this adaptation. Second, although controls understated their own mood in both an estimation task and a recall task, patients were quite accurate in both tasks. This relative negativity in controls' estimates of their own moods could also contribute to their underestimation of the moods and overall well-being of patients.

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  • Even significant illness and disability, such as cancer, renal failure, and paralysis, have been shown to have a surprisingly small intrinsic effect on levels of wellbeing as such.

    “Indeed, even significant illness and disability, such as cancer, renal failure, and paralysis, have been shown to have a surprisingly small intrinsic effect on levels of wellbeing as such.”

    From Neurodiversity, epistemic injustice, and the good human life (2022) · cites this paper as Riis et al., 2005

  • Hemodialysis patients and healthy controls both overestimated the impact of hemodialysis on wellbeing, and both groups reported a similar level of wellbeing.

    “A study compared a group of hemodialysis patients with healthy controls and found that both groups overestimated the impact of hemodialysis on wellbeing.In fact, both groups reported a similar level of wellbeing (Riis et al., 2005, p. 6).”

    From Neurodiversity, epistemic injustice, and the good human life (2022) · cites this paper as Riis et al., 2005

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Authors
Riis, J., Loewenstein, G., Baron, J., Jepson, C., Fagerlin, A., & Ubel, P. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Carnegie Mellon University (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2005-02
Volume
134
Issue
1
Pages
3-9
ISSN
  • 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2222
DOI
10.1037/0096-3445.134.1.3
OpenAlex
W2157795937
Cited by
303
References
4
Citations by year
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FWCI
31.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG16258)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Keywords
hedonic adaptation, hemodialysis, self-assessment accuracy, chronic disease
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Awareness, Environment, Female, Health Status, Renal Dialysis, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires

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