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Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1225-1237

Testing the Limits of Optimistic Bias: Event and Person Moderators in a Multilevel Framework

Author keywords

comparative optimism; optimistic bias; repressive coping; risk communication; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 56349168383     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013315     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (95)

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