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"The illusion of control is the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot."
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1. LANGER, E.J., 1975. The illusion of control. [Cited by 1153] (34.50/year)
2. LANGER, E.J. and J. ROTH, 1975. Heads I win, tails it's chance: The illusion of control as a function of the sequence of outcomes …. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Cited by 211] (6.31/year)
3. MCKENNA, F.P., 1993. It won't happen to me: unrealistic optimism or illusion of control?. British journal of psychology(1953). [Cited by 152] (9.86/year)
4. SANDERSON, W.C., R.M. RAPEE and D.H. BARLOW, 1989. The influence of an illusion of control on panic attacks induced via inhalation of 5.5% carbon …. Archives of General Psychiatry. [Cited by 186] (9.58/year)
5. ALLOY, L.B. and L.Y. ABRAMSON, 1982. Learned helplessness, depression, and the illusion of control.. J Pers Soc Psychol. [Cited by 93] (3.52/year)
6. ALLOY, L.B. and C.M. CLEMENTS, 1992. Illusion of control: invulnerability to negative affect and depressive symptoms after laboratory and …. J Abnorm Psychol. [Cited by 85] (5.18/year)
7. ALLOY, L.B., L.Y. ABRAMSON and D. VISCUSI, 1981. Induced mood and the illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Cited by 101] (3.68/year)
8. PRESSON, P.K. and V.A. BENASSI, 1996. Illusion of Control: A Meta-Analytic Review. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY. [Cited by 48] (3.86/year)
9. HARRIS, P. and W. MIDDLETON, 1994. The illusion of control and optimism about health: on being less at risk but no more in control than …. British journal of social psychology. [Cited by 55] (3.81/year)
10. THOMPSON, S.C., W. ARMSTRONG and C. THOMAS…, 1998. Illusions of Control, Underestimations, and Accuracy: A Control Heuristic Explanation. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. [Cited by 89] (8.54/year)

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