Perceived event frequency and the optimistic bias: Evidence for a two-process model of personal risk judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 242-252

  Price, Paul C ^a   Pentecost, Heather C ^a   Voth, Rochelle D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036266945     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2001.1509     Document Type: Article

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