Regret and Counterfactual Thinking in the Face of Inevitability: The Case of HIV-Positive Men

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Epstude, Kai ^a   Jonas, Kai J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

counterfactual thinking; health; illness cognition; regret; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922792079     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614546048     Document Type: Article

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