Validation and German translation of the maximizing scale;Lieber die taube auf dem dach!: Eine skala zur erfassung interindividueller unterschiede in der maximierungstendenz

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Greifeneder, Rainer ^a   Betsch, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interindividual differences; Maximizing; Regret; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845491253     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0044-3514.37.4.233     Document Type: Article

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