{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1991453522","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","title":"Psychological Distancing: Why Happiness Helps You See the Big Picture","display_name":"Psychological Distancing: Why Happiness Helps You See the Big Picture","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-10-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1991453522","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","mag":"1991453522"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1086/593683","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S145429826","display_name":"Journal of Consumer Research","issn_l":"0093-5301","issn":["0093-5301","1537-5277"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1-star","ft50","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","utd24","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Consumer Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043150516","display_name":"Aparna A. Labroo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-7296","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-7296"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I40347166","display_name":"University of Chicago","ror":"https://ror.org/024mw5h28","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aparna A. Labroo","raw_affiliation_strings":["University-of Chicago"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University-of Chicago","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004382070","display_name":"Vanessa M. Patrick","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0718","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0718"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I44461941","display_name":"University of Houston","ror":"https://ror.org/048sx0r50","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I44461941"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vanessa M. Patrick","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Houston, C. T. Bauer College of Business"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Houston, C. T. Bauer College of Business","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I44461941"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4224,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4224},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.2597,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":288,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93698176,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"35","issue":"5","first_page":"800","last_page":"809"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10315","display_name":"Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics","score":0.8339999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1800","display_name":"General Decision Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10315","display_name":"Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics","score":0.8339999914169312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1800","display_name":"General Decision Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13536","display_name":"Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research","score":0.04399999976158142,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10475","display_name":"Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction","score":0.0364999994635582,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychological-distancing","display_name":"psychological distancing","score":0.9300000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/positive-mood","display_name":"positive mood","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/negative-mood","display_name":"negative mood","score":0.8679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/abstract-construal","display_name":"abstract construal","score":0.9350000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/big-picture-thinking","display_name":"big picture thinking","score":0.6119999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/future-goals","display_name":"future goals","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/happiness","display_name":"happiness","score":0.5419999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/attentional-focus","display_name":"attentional focus","score":0.6850000023841858}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778999518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8","display_name":"Happiness","level":2,"score":0.8387947082519531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780733359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331769","display_name":"Mood","level":2,"score":0.7927812337875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26326936","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128306","display_name":"Construal level theory","level":2,"score":0.7858154773712158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31957729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5282877","display_name":"Distancing","level":5,"score":0.775333821773529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6136307120323181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.5991814732551575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.5337437391281128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776502983","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690182","display_name":"Contrast (vision)","level":2,"score":0.41964656114578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3008058167","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84263196","display_name":"Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)","level":4,"score":0.09675809741020203},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0959712564945221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.06724470853805542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779134260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12136","display_name":"Disease","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C524204448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788926","display_name":"Infectious disease (medical specialty)","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1086/593683","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/593683","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S145429826","display_name":"Journal of Consumer Research","issn_l":"0093-5301","issn":["0093-5301","1537-5277"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1-star","ft50","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","utd24","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Consumer Research","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Reduced inequalities","score":0.6299999952316284,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":35,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1724628074","https://openalex.org/W1976432380","https://openalex.org/W1987417038","https://openalex.org/W1988166588","https://openalex.org/W1998806672","https://openalex.org/W2001117020","https://openalex.org/W2007576031","https://openalex.org/W2009752962","https://openalex.org/W2011108824","https://openalex.org/W2020360910","https://openalex.org/W2039124575","https://openalex.org/W2051355184","https://openalex.org/W2051791961","https://openalex.org/W2061941203","https://openalex.org/W2076763018","https://openalex.org/W2077937580","https://openalex.org/W2084856978","https://openalex.org/W2090437043","https://openalex.org/W2091078977","https://openalex.org/W2106527750","https://openalex.org/W2116442885","https://openalex.org/W2132175441","https://openalex.org/W2134081076","https://openalex.org/W2141370068","https://openalex.org/W2145565169","https://openalex.org/W2156037315","https://openalex.org/W2169160499","https://openalex.org/W2410690307","https://openalex.org/W2460618268","https://openalex.org/W2479669737","https://openalex.org/W3121414047","https://openalex.org/W4230957748","https://openalex.org/W4234715662","https://openalex.org/W4246891811","https://openalex.org/W4298102205"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7057229806","https://openalex.org/W2604875932","https://openalex.org/W2788586157","https://openalex.org/W2624468536","https://openalex.org/W18458683","https://openalex.org/W117239258","https://openalex.org/W2356268374","https://openalex.org/W308071536","https://openalex.org/W612317981","https://openalex.org/W2288638148"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0],"propose":[1],"that":[2,8],"a":[3,9,26,28,44],"positive":[4,29],"mood,":[5,46],"by":[6,47],"signaling":[7,48],"situation":[10],"is":[11],"benign,":[12],"might":[13,31,56],"allow":[14],"people":[15],"to":[16],"step":[17],"back":[18],"and":[19,35,61,64],"take":[20],"in":[21],"the":[22,36,66],"big":[23],"picture.":[24],"As":[25],"consequence,":[27],"mood":[30],"increase":[32],"abstract":[33],"construal":[34],"adoption":[37,67],"of":[38,68],"abstract,":[39,69],"future":[40,70],"goals.":[41,71],"In":[42],"contrast,":[43],"negative":[45],"not":[49],"only":[50],"danger":[51],"but":[52],"also":[53],"its":[54],"imminence,":[55],"focus":[57],"attention":[58],"on":[59],"immediate":[60],"proximal":[62],"concerns":[63],"reduce":[65]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":24},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":23},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":24},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":29},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-10-19T09:35:57.686232","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}