Illusory correlation and attitude-based vested interest
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Social Psychology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0046-2772,1099-0992
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199603)26:2<247::aid-ejsp750>3.0.co;2-f