Social Comparison of Health Risks: Locus of Control, the Person‐Positivity Bias, and Unrealistic Optimism1
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Social Psychology
- Vol. 23 (4) , 291-302
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01088.x
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