Egocentric Bias or Information Management? Selective Disclosure and the Social Roots of Norm Misperception

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-237

  Kitts, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0142135976     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519823     Document Type: Article

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