We find that this effect is specific to pursuing passion (and not just any job), and specific to giving up on a passion (rather than choosing to persevere). It is also robust to different reasons for giving up (e.g., too difficult, financial strain) 7/10

In our studies, we find that one key barrier lies in people's (misplaced) worries about what others would think if they quit their passion pursuit; they believe others view this decision as "giving up" on pursuing passions altogether 5/10

🚨 New paper alert 🚨
In my latest out now in JPSP (w/ @brianjlucas.bsky.social
& @jonj.bsky.social), we show across 10 studies (including w/nurses, teachers, & PhD students) that people considering giving up a passion pursuit overestimate how harshly others will judge them 🧵 doi.org/10.1037/pspa...