Sex Differences in Regret: All For Love or Some For Lust?

• Main Authors: ROESE, Neal J., PENNINGTON, Ginger L., COLEMAN, Jill, JANICKI, Maria, LI, Norman P., KENRICK, Douglas T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: sex differences; counterfactual thinking; sexual regrets; cognitive processes; love; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/721; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1720/viewcontent/Sex_Differences_in_Regret_All_For_Love_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Few sex differences in regret or counterfactual thinking are evident in past research. The authors discovered a sex difference in regret that is both domain-specific (i.e., unique to romantic relationships) and interpretable within a convergence of theories of evolution and regulatory focus. Three s...