A Theory of Regret Regulation 1.0

By M. Zeelenberg, Rik Pieters. 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

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A short form of the Maximization Scale: Factor structure, reliability and validity studies (2008, background): “…first published, it has been employed in numerous studies in different countries, and the maximization construct appears to be of growing interest to researchers in various domains (e.g., Chowdhury et al., 2008; Hackley 2006; Iyengar et al., 2006; Morrin et al., 2008; Zeelenberg & Pieters, 2007).”
Repetitive regret, depression, and anxiety: findings from a nationally representative survey (2009, background): “…might have brought about a different, more desirable outcome (i.e., a counterfactual inference). a growing body of research has demonstrated regret to be a pivotal psychological construct, of relevance to decisions, coping, and learning (inman , Dyer, & Jia, 1997; Zeelenberg & pieters, 2007).”
Seeing the Forest or the Trees: Implications of Construal Level Theory for Consumer Choice (2007, background): “Unhappiness or less happiness in turn inevitably leads to regret (for a related discussion see Zeelenberg & Pieters, 2007).”
The maximizing mind-set (2014, result): “That is, regret involves inferring that one’s own decision or action could have been different and could have brought about a better outcome than what actually happened (Epstude and Roese 2008; Roese and Summerville 2005; Saffrey, Summerville, and Roese 2008; Zeelenberg and Pieters 2007).”
Information Avoidance: Who, What, When, and Why (2010, background): “Regret is an aversive emotional experience, and people are motivated to minimize or avoid regret when possible by making decisions that they believe will be least “regrettable” (Connolly & Zeelenberg, 2002; van Dijk & Zeelenberg, 2007; Zeelenberg, 1999; Zeelenberg & Pieters, 2007).”
What We Regret Most Are Lost Opportunities: A Theory of Regret Intensity (2009, background): “As Zeelenberg and Pieters (2007) recently noted, “Irreversible decisions that lead to large and easily made discrepancies between what is and could have been that are important and salient may be as important and perhaps much more so” (p. 33) than decisions that afford future opportunities.”
Random Regret Minimization: An Overview of Model Properties and Empirical Evidence (2012, background): “Although one should definitely not aim to generalize based on the evidence for this small number of studies, the fact that RP data works well for RRM’s MNL makes sense when inspecting literature from the field of consumer choice (e.g. Zeelenberg and Pieters, 2007).”