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Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-72

Testing four explanations for the better/worse-than-average effect: Single- and multi-item entities as comparison targets and referents

Author keywords

Better than average effect; Comparative bias; Focalism; Social comparison; Worse than average effect

Indexed keywords


EID: 77955268622     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (11)

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