Event frequency and comparative optimism: Another look at the indirect elicitation method of self-others risks

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-814

  Klar, Yechiel ^a   Ayal, Shahar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 4344580147     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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