Overconfidence and personal evaluations of social rank

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-68

  Gilbert, P ^a   Allan, S ^a   Ball, L ^a   Bradshaw, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 17644418429     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1996.tb01850.x     Document Type: Article

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