The role of egocentrism and focalism in the emotion intensity bias

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 618-625

  Chambers, John R ^a   Suls, Jerry ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentrism; Emotion intensity bias; Focalism; Social comparison; Social judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249672812     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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