Team allegiance can lead to both optimistic and pessimistic predictions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-333

  Krizan, Zlatan ^a   Windschitl, Paul D ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimism; Pessimism; Predictions; Team allegiance; Wishful thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847245010     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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