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Unrealistic Optimism: Present and Future
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Unrealistic optimism about future life events
Weinstein, N. D. (1980) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.39.5.806 · Cited by 4,999
Self-citationAre we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?
Svenson, O. (1981) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/0001-6918(81)90005-6 · Cited by 1,969
Weinstein, N. D. (1987) · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/bf00846146 · Cited by 1,296
Self-citationOptimistic Biases About Personal Risks
Weinstein, N. D. (1989) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.2686031 · Cited by 1,032
Self-citationWhy it won't happen to me: Perceptions of risk factors and susceptibility.
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Self-citationSelf-other judgments and perceived vulnerability to victimization.
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Egocentrism as a Source of Unrealistic Optimism
Weinstein, N. D., & Lachendro, E. (1982) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167282082002 · Cited by 309
Self-citationChanging inaccurate perceptions of health risk: Results from a randomized trial.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weinstein, N. D., & Klein, W. M.
- Venue
- Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 1996-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-8
- ISSN
- 0736-7236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2073220979
- Cited by
- 522
- References
- 18
- FWCI
- 13.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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