Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Exploring Parent Comparative Optimism About Future Child Outcomes
Objectives. Comparative optimism is present in parental predictions of their child’s long-term, obesity-related health outcomes and some of this optimism is unrealistic. An understanding of how comparative optimism relates to parents’ predictions of health versus other child outcomes could contribut...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-05-01
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Series: | MDM Policy & Practice |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468318774776 |