The role of counterfactual thinking and causal attribution in accident-related judgments

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2100-2112

  Williams, Christopher W ^a   Lees Haley, Paul R ^a   Price, J Randall ^a  

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EID: 0030355576     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01789.x     Document Type: Article

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