At Least I Tried: The Relationship between Regulatory Focus and Regret Following Action versus Inaction

Regret is an unpleasant feeling that may arise following decisions that ended poorly, and may affect the decision-maker’s well-being and future decision making. Some studies show that a decision to act leads to greater regret than a decision not to act when both resulted in failure, because the latt...

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Main Authors: Adi Itzkin, Dina Van Dijk, Ofer Haim Azar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01684/full