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Positive psychology

the tendency to reason more wisely about other people's problems than about one's own, an asymmetry that self-distancing removes.

In positive psychology, Solomon's paradox refers to the tendency to reason more wisely about other people's problems than about one's own, an asymmetry that self-distancing removes. This meaning comes from Grossmann (2014) in Psychological Science.[1]

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References

Grossmann, I., & Kross, E. (2014). Exploring Solomon’s Paradox: Self-Distancing Eliminates the Self-Other Asymmetry in Wise Reasoning About Close Relationships in Younger and Older Adults. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1571-1580. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614535400

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