The Consequences of Doing Nothing: Inaction Inertia as Avoidance of Anticipated Counterfactual Regret

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 607-616

  Tykocinski, Orit E ^a   Pittman, Thane S ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032332927     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.607     Document Type: Article

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