Optimistic and pessimistic bias in European Americans and Asian Americans: A preliminary look at distinguishing between predictions for physical and psychological health outcomes

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-470

  Chang, Edward C ^a   Sanna, Lawrence J ^b   Kim, Jean M ^a   Srivastava, Kavita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Optimism; Pessimism; Physical health; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951004673     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109359691     Document Type: Article

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