Protecting the self from the negative consequences of risky decisions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A Josephs, Robert Josephs (0000-0002-2422-0150, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Richard P Larrick (0000-0002-0491-426X, University of Michigan), Claude M Steele (University of Michigan), Richard E Nisbett (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-37 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.62.1.26 |
| PMID | 1538314 |
| OpenAlex | W2054037940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
| References cited | 7 |
Three experiments tested the idea that a motive to protect self-esteem (SE) from the threat of regret can influence decision making. Threat to SE was manipulated by varying whether people expected to know the outcome of their decisions. Study 1 showed that when Ss expected feedback about their decisions, only Ss low in SE made regret-minimizing choices. Study 2 showed that when Ss did not expect to know the outcome of their decisions, SE differences in choice strategies disappeared. Study 3 manipulated expectations about feedback on chosen and unchosen alternatives and showed that the more feedback that was expected, the more likely low but not high SE Ss were to make regret-minimizing choices. These studies suggest that people base decisions not only on objective attributes of choice alternatives, but also on the damage to SE that is perceived to result from a poor-decision outcome.
Economics · Medical emergency · Microeconomics · Outcome (game theory · Poison control · Regret · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
On the Edge of Commitment
Consequences of Regret Aversion
The evolution and psychology of self-deception
Emotional Reactions to the Outcomes of Decisions
Self-Enhancement
On bad decisions and disconfirmed expectancies
Anticipated regret, expected feedback and behavioral decision making
Self-Esteem and Alcohol Use
Self-determination
Les transformations actuelles de l’EEE
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The relations between academic procrastination and self-esteem in adolescents
A Replication and Extension of Three Studies Investigating Escalation of Commitment and Regret Aversion
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The role of self-esteem and anxiety in decision making for self versus others in relationships
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Unpacking perceived control in risk perception
The effect of foregone payoffs on underweighting small probability events
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Self-Evaluation
When Beliefs Yield to Evidence
Anticipated Regret, Risk Perception, or Both
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Belief Formation, Second Version
Feedback-induced dispositional changes in risk preferences
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Affect, Attitudes and Decisions
Evaluating and Extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Age matters
Risks of meat
Self‐esteem moderates preferences for accepting versus rejecting interaction partners
Quantifying self-motives
When curiosity killed regret
Inflating and deflating the self
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Temporal Adjustments in the Evaluation of Events
Self-Esteem, Mood, and Intentions to Use Condoms
Testing sociometer theory
An unscathed past in the face of death
Alcohol as social lubricant
Seeking self-evaulative feedback
The inaction effect in the psychology of regret
Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences
Self-esteem of persons seeking dates via bars, singles clubs, and personal advertisements
| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |