Third-person perception and optimistic bias among urban minority at-risk youth

Communication Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-81

  Chapin, John R ^a  

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EID: 0034424345     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009365000027001003     Document Type: Article

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