The virtue blind spot: Do affective forecasting errors undermine virtuous behavior?

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 720-733

  Sandstrom, Gillian M ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 80053499749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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