Regret in cancer-related decisions.
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Regret in cancer-related decisions.
Decision-related regret is a negative emotion associated with thinking about a past or future choice. The thinking component generally takes the form of a wish that things were otherwise and involves a comparison of what actually did or will take place with some better alternative--a "counterfactual thought." For predecisional (anticipated) regret, the thinking involves a mental simulation of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Psychology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1930-7810,0278-6133
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.4.s29