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( ResearchGate ): Explores how people use "courageous behavior" in the workplace to reconcile tensions between who they are and how they want to be seen by others.
If you are interested in different angles of courage, consider these: Courageous
An interesting academic paper to explore is (2010), published in the Journal of Positive Psychology . Why it’s interesting ( ResearchGate ): Explores how people use "courageous
: The study found that people overwhelmingly describe courageous acts as having a successful result. When an action ends in failure, people are significantly less likely to label it as "courageous," even if the risk and fear involved were identical. When an action ends in failure, people are
: It argues that "success" is an unarticulated part of our mental definition of courage. We rarely call a failed attempt "courageous"; instead, we might view it as reckless or foolish. Other Notable Papers
( PMC ): A fascinating "spider test" study where researchers measured courage by how close participants with phobias would get to tarantulas, finding that courage scores directly predicted their ability to approach the source of their fear.
Are courageous actions successful actions? - Taylor & Francis
