Attributions of responsibility and affective reactions to decision outcomes

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-315

  Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b   De Vries, Nanne K ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Attributions; Decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0034199719     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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