Is regret for inaction relatively self-enhancing?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-777

  Feeney, Aidan ^a   Gardiner, David R ^a   Johnston, Kelly ^a   Jones, Elizabeth ^a   McEvoy, Richard J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 26444495072     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1113     Document Type: Article

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