Effort invested in vain: The impact of effort on the intensity of disappointment and regret

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-220

  Van Dijk, Wilco W ^a   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Free University ^*

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EID: 0033235915     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021315314979     Document Type: Article

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