Vera Hoorens

Leuven, VLG 3000, Belgium

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Hiking the Hypothetical Trail in Two Directions: How Reversing the Direction of Comparisons Can Advance Psychology.

Hiking the Hypothetical Trail in Two Directions: How Reversing the Direction of Comparisons Can Advance Psychology.

Journal: Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science

Published: March 09, 2026

Why boys cry and don't cry: The Contextual-Statistical (ConStat) approach to the perceived validity of generics.

Why boys cry and don't cry: The Contextual-Statistical (ConStat) approach to the perceived validity of generics.

Journal: Cognition

Published: December 17, 2024

Recent personal and vicarious experience with COVID-19 affects personal, but not comparative optimism: a large longitudinal study.

Recent personal and vicarious experience with COVID-19 affects personal, but not comparative optimism: a large longitudinal study.

Journal: Journal of behavioral medicine

Published: November 21, 2024

When Do Generics Feel Justifiable? A Registered Report Bridging Key Theories.

When Do Generics Feel Justifiable? A Registered Report Bridging Key Theories.

Journal: Journal of cognition

Published: June 06, 2024

Do optimism and moralization predict vaccination? A five-wave longitudinal study.

Do optimism and moralization predict vaccination? A five-wave longitudinal study.

Journal: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

Published: March 23, 2023

Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study.

Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Published: May 23, 2022

Comparative Optimism, Self-Superiority, Egocentric Impact Perception and Health Information Seeking: A COVID-19 Study.

Comparative Optimism, Self-Superiority, Egocentric Impact Perception and Health Information Seeking: A COVID-19 Study.

Journal: Psychologica Belgica

Published: October 29, 2021

Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice.

Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice.

Journal: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy

Published: June 02, 2020

When Praising Yourself Insults Others: Self-Superiority Claims Provoke Aggression.

When Praising Yourself Insults Others: Self-Superiority Claims Provoke Aggression.

Journal: Personality & social psychology bulletin

Published: September 15, 2017

The hubris hypothesis: The downside of comparative optimism displays.

The hubris hypothesis: The downside of comparative optimism displays.

Journal: Consciousness and cognition

Published: May 31, 2016

Less is more? Think again! A cognitive fluency-based more-less asymmetry in comparative communication.

Less is more? Think again! A cognitive fluency-based more-less asymmetry in comparative communication.

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology

Published: July 14, 2015

Initial and noninitial name-letter preferences as obtained through repeated letter rating tasks continue to reflect (different aspects of) self-esteem.

Initial and noninitial name-letter preferences as obtained through repeated letter rating tasks continue to reflect (different aspects of) self-esteem.

Journal: Psychological assessment

Published: March 03, 2015

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026