John Chapin

Third-Person Perception and Optimistic Bias Among Urban Minority At-Risk Youth

John Chapin · Communication Research · 2000 · 127 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Psychosocial Determinant, Social Psychology +22

Adolescent sex and mass media: a developmental approach.

John Chapin · PubMed · 2000 · 78 citations

Media Critics Point, Peer Relationship, Communication +26

It Won't Happen to Me: The Role of Optimistic Bias in African American Teens' Risky Sexual Practices

John Chapin · Howard Journal of Communications · 2001 · 74 citations

Teenage Pregnancy, Risky Sexual Practices, Optimistic Bias +20

Third-Person Perception and Sexual Risk Taking Among Minority `At-Risk' Youth

John Chapin · Mass Communication & Society · 1999 · 39 citations

Teenage Pregnancy, Social Psychology, Social Influence +26

Optimistic bias among potential perpetrators and victims of youth violence.

John Chapin, Stacy de las Alas, Grace Coleman · PubMed · 2005 · 38 citations

Social Psychology, Victimology, Education +17