Optimistic bias: What you think, what you know, or whom you know?

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-132

  Chapin, John ^a   Coleman, Grace ^b  

^a Penn State University ^*  (United States)

^b Crisis Center North   (United States)

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EID: 63849344063     PISSN: 15277143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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