Egocentrism and focalism in unrealistic optimism (and pessimism)
- 31 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Vol. 40 (3), 332-340
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2003.06.002
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