Context effects in the measurement of comparative optimism in probability judgments

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-101

  Otten, Wilma ^a   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030532950     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1996.15.1.80     Document Type: Article

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