Anticipating and avoiding regret as a model of adolescent decision making

The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 119-156

  Amsel, Eric ^a   Bowden, Troy ^a   Cottrell, Jennifer ^a   Sullivan, James ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873906147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410613660     Document Type: Chapter

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