To do or not to do: Desirability and consistency mediate judgments of regret

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 861-870

  Seta, John J ^a   McElroy, Todd ^a   Seta, Catherine E ^b  

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

^b University of North Carolina ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 85047681531     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.6.861     Document Type: Article

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