Order of question presentation and correlation between judgments of comparative and own risk

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 794-798

  Gold, Ron S ^a   Barclay, Alicia ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REALITY TESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33846846594     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.794-798     Document Type: Review

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