Dispositional Optimism as a Correlate of Decision-Making Styles in Adolescence
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Dispositional optimism.
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عنوان ژورنال: SAGE Open
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2158-2440,2158-2440
DOI: 10.1177/2158244015592002