When to Fire: Anticipatory Versus Postevent Reconstrual of Uncontrollable Events

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 340-351

  Wilson, Timothy D ^a   Wheatley, Thalia P ^a   Kurtz, Jaime L ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Construal; Coping; Expectations; Rationalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1142265608     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203256974     Document Type: Article

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