The past is not what it used to be: Optimists' use of retroactive pessimism to diminish the sting of failure

Publisher： Elsevier

ISSN： 0092-6566

Source： Journal of Research in Personality, Vol.37, Iss.5, 2003-10, pp. : 388-404

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