Blessed are those who expect nothing: Lowering expectations as a way of avoiding disappointment

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-516

  van Dijk, Wilco W ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b   van der Pligt, Joop ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disappointment; Expectations; Feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843140813     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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