The development of children's regret and relief

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 820-835

  Weisberg, Daniel P ^a   Beck, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Counterfactual thinking; Regret; Relief; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD; THINKING;

EID: 84863847666     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.621933     Document Type: Article

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