Affective determinants of counterfactual thinking

Social Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 274-290

  Roese, Neal J ^a   Hur, Taekyun ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031321563     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1997.15.4.274     Document Type: Article

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