Title

Not wallowing in misery – retractions of negative misinformation are effective in depressive rumination

Summary

This paper investigates the continued influence effect, where people continue relying on misinformation after it has been retracted, particularly when it aligns with their pre-existing worldview. The study focuses on depressive rumination, hypothesizing that negative misinformation retractions might be less effective in depressive ruminators. However, the results showed that in depressive ruminators, retractions of negative misinformation were as effective as in control participants, and even more effective than retractions of positive misinformation, suggesting an attentional bias that enhances the updating of negative information in depressive rumination.

 

َAuthor

Chang, E. P., Ecker, U. K. H., & Page, A. C.

Year

2018

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Impact

Place Published

APA 7th End Text Citation

Chang, E. P., Ecker, U. K. H., & Page, A. C. (2018). Not wallowing in misery – retractions of negative misinformation are effective in depressive rumination. Cognition and Emotion, 33(5), 991–1005. https://doi-org.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/10.1080/02699931.2018.1533808