Circling Science

Beautiful mess effect: Self–other differences in evaluation of showing vulnerability.

Anna Bruk, Sabine G. Scholl and Herbert Bless · 2018

Evidence
Experiment
Kind
Journal article
peer-reviewed
Method
Seven studies comparing evaluations of one’s own vulnerability with evaluations of another person’s
Published
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(2), 192–205

Adjacent

Studies a related practice or mechanism, without testing Circling.

Seven studies found that people often judged their own displays of vulnerability more negatively than observers judged comparable displays by others.

What it doesn’t show

The studies include imagined situations as well as an actual display of vulnerability. Average differences in evaluation do not establish that disclosure will be safe, welcomed or beneficial with a particular audience.

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Bruk, A., Scholl, S. G., & Bless, H. (2018). Beautiful mess effect: Self–other differences in evaluation of showing vulnerability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(2), 192–205. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000120