Regret: The roles of consistency-fit and counterfactual salience

Social Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 700-719

  Seta, Catherine E ^a   Seta, John J ^b   McElroy, G Todd ^c   Hatz, Jessica ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 61449259947     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.6.700     Document Type: Article

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