作者
Carsten Wrosch, Jutta Heckhausen
发表日期
2002/6
期刊
Psychology and aging
卷号
17
期号
2
页码范围
340
出版商
American Psychological Association
简介
Age differences in the associations among intensity of regret, control attributions, and intrusive thoughts were investigated (N= 122, age range= 20–87 years). Given that the opportunities to overcome regrettable behavior decline with age, older adults’ attributions of low internal control were expected to serve self-protective functions and facilitate deactivation of regret. In younger adults, by contrast, high levels of internal-control attributions might facilitate active change of regrettable behavior, resulting in low intensities of regret. The results showed that internal-control attributions were related to high intensity of regret and intrusive thoughts in older adults. Among younger adults, however, internal-control attributions were associated with low intensity of regret and low levels of intrusive thoughts.
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