Counterfactual thinking

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-148

  Roese, Neal J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THINKING;

ANGER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 0030636245     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.121.1.133     Document Type: Article

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