Action/inaction and regret: The moderating effect of closeness

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	Action/inaction and regret: The moderating effect of closeness
	Li, Shu; Liang, Zhu-Yuan; S. Li
刊名	JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
	2007-04-01
卷号	37 期号:4 页码:807-821
ISSN号	0021-9029
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Kahneman & Tversky ( 1982) demonstrated that actions are regretted more than inactions. It was conjectured that ( a) when action shared the same closeness as inaction but was neither to approach nor to retreat the desired outcome, the action was seen as futile so that it would evoke stronger reactions of regret; and ( b) closeness moderated the effect of action such that the effect was stronger when the acting target was closer to a good outcome, but weaker when the acting target was further away from a good outcome. A total of 5 regret-triggering problems were presented to 150 undergraduates who rated actors' intensity of regret. The findings support that closeness is the moderator of the increased regret effect.; Kahneman & Tversky ( 1982) demonstrated that actions are regretted more than inactions. It was conjectured that ( a) when action shared the same closeness as inaction but was neither to approach nor to retreat the desired outcome, the action was seen as futile so that it would evoke stronger reactions of regret; and ( b) closeness moderated the effect of action such that the effect was stronger when the acting target was closer to a good outcome, but weaker when the acting target was further away from a good outcome. A total of 5 regret-triggering problems were presented to 150 undergraduates who rated actors' intensity of regret. The findings support that closeness is the moderator of the increased regret effect.
学科主题	社会心理学
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000245156100008
公开日期	2011-08-22
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5150]
专题	心理研究所_中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	S. Li
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Ctr Social & Econ Behav, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Shu,Liang, Zhu-Yuan,S. Li. Action/inaction and regret: The moderating effect of closeness[J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2007,37(4):807-821.
APA	Li, Shu,Liang, Zhu-Yuan,&S. Li.(2007).Action/inaction and regret: The moderating effect of closeness.JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,37(4),807-821.
MLA	Li, Shu,et al."Action/inaction and regret: The moderating effect of closeness".JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 37.4(2007):807-821.