A sociology of regret
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2398360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikhail Sokolov (0000-0002-4102-7117, European University at Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-23 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13684310221119399 |
| OpenAlex | W4292559976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article aims to present regret, an emotion to which sociologists so far have paid little attention, as having great sociological significance. First, it reviews recent research in social psychology and economics which cast anticipated regret as playing a major role in human decision-making. Second, it suggests a regret-based interpretation of the sunk-cost fallacy. Such an interpretation points to the need of a specifically sociological perspective on regret, calling attention to the cultural and institutional framings of regret-arousing events. The article further argues that secular changes in the types of regret imposed on individuals are paralleled by the spread of various forms of coping with it and that anticipated regret is responsible for both commitment to a chosen life-course and for sudden changes in it. The article ends with discussing the relationship between instrumental and moral regret, as well as the general implications of regret as a phenomenon for sociological understanding of rationality and human action
Economics · Epistemology · Fallacy · Phenomenon · Positive economics · Rationality · Regret · Social science · Sociological imagination · Sociology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
The achieving society.
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
What We Regret Most… and Why
The Theory of Statistical Decision
Testing the "side-bet theory" of organizational commitment
Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions
The psychology of sunk cost
Signaling in Retrospect and the Informational Structure of Markets
The Escalation of Commitment to a Failing Course of Action
A Theory of Regret Regulation 1.0
Regret in Decision Making
Prospect Theory
Encounters
Entrapment in Escalating Conflicts
Towards a Sociology of Regret
Anticipated regret, expected feedback and behavioral decision making
A reverse sunk cost effect in risky decision making
Commitment and leisure behavior
Regret Theory
Regret Theory
Notes on the Concept of Commitment
Imagined communities
Don’t Let Them Die in Vain
The cost of richness
On Regret
Shame in Self and Society
The Nature of Deference and Demeanor
Rankings and Reactivity
The Effects of Education as an Institution
Path dependence in historical sociology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |