The intensity of recent and distant life regrets: An integrated model and a large scale survey

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a   Zhang, Jiehai ^b  

^a UTM   (France)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRET;

EID: 48249120333     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1386     Document Type: Article

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