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Counterfactual-seeking: The scenic overlook of the road not taken
(2011-07-25)
Decision-makers faced with an opportunity to learn the outcome of a foregone
alternative must balance anticipated regret, should that information be unfavorable, with
the potential benefits of this information in reducing ...
Repetitive regret, depression, and anxiety: findings from a nationally representative survey
(2011-04-07)
Past research has established a connection between regret (negative emotions
connected to cognitions about how past actions might have achieved better outcomes)
and
both
depression
and
anxiety.
in the present ...
Regret and behavior: comment on Zeelenberg and Pieters
(2011-05-04)
Zeelenberg and Pieter's (2007) regret regulation theory 1.0 offers a synthesis that brings
together concepts spanning numerous literatures. We have no substantive disagreement with
their theory, but instead offer
3 ...
Functions of personal experience and of expression of regret
Although learning and preparing for future behavior are well-established functions of regret, social functions have been largely ignored. We suggest a new model of the functions of regret, the Privately Experienced versus ...
Rush of regret: a longitudinal analysis of naturalistic regrets
(2011-04-07)
The current research examines immediate regrets occurring at the time of a meaningful
life outcome to better understand influences on real-life regrets. This research used a
longitudinal approach to examine both initial ...
How far to the road not taken? The effect of psychological distance on counterfactual direction.
Upward and downward counterfactuals serve the distinct motivational functions of selfimprovement
and self-enhancement, respectively. Drawing on construal level theory, which
contends that increasing psychological distance ...
Praise for regret: people value regret above other negative emotions
(2011-02-07)
What do people think about the emotion of regret? Recent demonstrations of the psychological
benefits of regret have been framed against an assumption that most people find regret to be
aversive, both when experienced ...
What we regret most . . . and why
(2011-02-07)
Which domains in life produce the greatest potential for regret,
and what features of those life domains explain why? Using
archival and laboratory evidence, the authors show that greater
perceived opportunity within ...
Multi-measure investigation of the divergence of implicit and explicit consumer evaluations
(2011-02-07)
This research extends findings that implicit and explicit attitudes may diverge to a
consumer evaluation task using multiple measures of implicit evaluation: Evaluative
Movement Assessment (EMA; Brendl, Markman, & Messner, ...
Self-report measures of individual differences in regulatory focus: a cautionary note
(2011-02-07)
Regulatory focus theory distinguishes between two independent structures of strategic inclination,
promotion versus prevention. However, the theory implies two potentially independent definitions
of these inclinations, the ...