Good luck and bad luck: How to tell the difference

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 981-1010

  Teigen, Karl Halvor ^a   Evensen, Pia C ^b   Samoilow, Dimitrij K ^b   Vatne, Karin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033248401     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199912)29:8<981::aid-ejsp966>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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