Self-affirmation moderates effects of unrealistic optimism and pessimism on reactions to tailored risk feedback

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Psychology and Health

• Publication date

  2010-02-18

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/08870440903261970PMID 20204982PMCID PMC2888925
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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