People often overestimate their resilience following failure, research suggests
The myth that failure is always a good teacher may need an update.
The myth that failure is always a good teacher may need an update.
People tend to overestimate the likelihood of success following failure, which may make us less willing to help others who are struggling, according to a new study.
A team of researchers from the business schools of Northwestern, Cornell, Yale and Columbia universities analyzed data from different online surveys including over 1,800 adults in the United States mostly between the ages of 29 to 49. One survey involved oncology nurses attending a virtual conference.
“We wanted to see if people think about resilience wrong,” lead author Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, told NBC News in an email.
The study was published online Monday by the American Psychological Association in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
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