Counterfactual Thinking and Self-Motives  

Oleh:

Sanna, Lawrence J. ; Chang, Edward C. ; Meier, Susanne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 8 (2001), page 1023-1034.
Topik: counterfactual thinking; counterfactual thinking; self - motives
Fulltext: 1023PSPB278.pdf (95.14KB)

Isi artikel

Three studies indicated that valenced events and self - motives have implications for understanding processes underlying counterfactual thinking. Moods (Study 1) and outcome valence (Study 3) influenced counterfactuals when self - motives (self - improvement, mood - repair, mood - maintenance, and self - protection) were manipulated directly. Agreement and reaction times (Studies 1 and 2), as well as time pressure (Study 3), indicated that counterfactual responses can be quick or slow depending on whether self - motives suggest a direction either consistent or inconsistent with direction activated initially. In Study 2, responses to manipulated outcomes by high - and low -self - esteem persons, who differ naturally in self - motives, provided further evidence for proposals when task repeatability was varied. Implications for antecedents and consequences of counterfactual thinking, self - motives, and dual - process models, are discussed.

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