Dysphoria and consensus estimates for behavioral choices: Equally inaccurate but in opposite directions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 278-289

  Klar, Yechiel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0030160234     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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