Is there a universal positivity bias in attributions? A meta-analytic review of individual, developmental, and cultural differences in the self-serving attributional bias.

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Published in Psychol Bull on September 01, 2004

Authors

Amy H Mezulis1, Lyn Y Abramson, Janet S Hyde, Benjamin L Hankin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ahmezulis@wisc.edu

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