Expectations for others' outcomes: Do people display compassionate bracing?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-171

  Sweeny, Kate ^a   Shepperd, James A ^b   Carroll, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracing; Expectations; Optimism; Relationships; Risk judgments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58449124943     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208327050     Document Type: Article

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