| Title |
Sunk costs, psychological symptomology, and help seeking
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|---|---|
| Published in |
SpringerPlus, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40064-016-3402-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David P. Jarmolowicz, Warren K. Bickel, Michael J. Sofis, Laura E. Hatz, E. Terry Mueller |
| Abstract |
Individuals often allow prior investments of time, money or effort to influence their current behavior. A tendency to allow previous investments to impact further investment, referred to as the sunk-cost fallacy, may be related to adverse psychological health. Unfortunately, little is known about the relation between the sunk-cost fallacy and psychological symptoms or help seeking. The current study used a relatively novel approach (i.e., Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing [AMT] service) to examine various aspects of psychological health in internet users (n = 1053) that did and did not commit the sunk-cost fallacy. In this observational study, individuals logged on to AMT, selected the "decision making survey" amongst the array of currently available tasks, and completed the approximately 200-question survey (which included a two-trial sunk cost task, the brief symptom inventory 18, the Binge Eating Scale, portions of the SF-8 health survey, and other questions about treatment utilization). Individuals that committed the fallacy reported a greater number of symptoms related to Binge Eating Disorder and Depression, being bothered more by emotional problems, yet waited longer to seek assistance when feeling ill. The current findings are discussed in relation to promoting help-seeking behavior amongst individuals that commit this logical fallacy. |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
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| Student > Master | 10 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 18 | 36% |
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| Psychology | 14 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 19 | 38% |
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