Social acceptance of exhibiting optimism

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 52-63

  Le Barbenchon, Emmanuelle ^a   Milhabet, Isabelle ^b   Steiner, Dirk D ^b   Priolo, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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