Children's understanding of anticipatory regret and disappointment

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 815-832

  Guttentag, Robert ^a   Ferrell, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICIPATION; ANTICIPATORY DISAPPOINTMENT; ANTICIPATORY REGRET; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 47249146960     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701541542     Document Type: Article

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