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- Influence
Consequences of Regret Aversion: Effects of Expected Feedback on Risky Decision Making
- M. Zeelenberg, J. Beattie, J. Pligt, N. D. Vries
- Psychology
- 1 February 1996
Previous research has considered the question of how anticipated regret affects risky decision making. Several studies have shown that anticipated regret forces participants towards the safe option,… Expand
Risk Perception and Self-Protective Behavior
- J. Pligt
- Psychology
- 1996
Most models of health-related behaviors are based on the assumption that people estimate the seriousness of a risk, evaluate the costs and benefits of action, and then select a course of action that… Expand
Risk interpretation and action: A conceptual framework for responses to natural hazards
- J. Eiser, A. Bostrom, +5 authors M. White
- Engineering
- 1 October 2012
Understanding how people interpret risks and choose actions based on their interpretations is vital to any strategy for disaster reduction. We review relevant literature with the aim of developing a… Expand
Perceived risk and vulnerability as predictors of precautionary behaviour
- J. Pligt
- Psychology
- 1 February 1998
Virtually all major theories of health-related behaviours are based on the assumption that people estimate their perceived susceptibility to a disease and evaluate the costs and benefits of… Expand
Anticipated regret and time perspective: Changing sexual risk-taking behavior.
- R. Richard, J. Pligt, N. Vries
- Psychology
- 1 September 1996
In two studies we test the effects of anticipated affective reactions such as regret on behavioral expectations and behavior. These effects were examined in the context of sexual risk-taking… Expand
Anticipated Affect and Behavioral Choice
- R. Richard, J. Pligt, N. D. Vries
- Psychology
- 1 June 1996
Most research on the impact of affect on attitudes and behavior emphasizes the effect of past and present affective reactions. In this article we focus on anticipated, postbehavioral, affective… Expand
Categories of Category Accessibility: The Impact of Trait Concept versus Exemplar Priming on Person Judgments ☆
Social cognition and judgment research addressing the impact of category accessibility on person judgments suggests that this impact may depend on the kind of information that is activated. Some… Expand
Ambivalence, discomfort, and motivated information processing
- L. Nordgren, F. Harreveld, J. Pligt
- Psychology
- 1 March 2006
In two studies we examined the nature and consequence of ambivalent attitudes. In the Wrst study, we assessed whether holding ambivalent attitudes was aversive, and tested whether this aversion was… Expand
Ambivalence and decisional conflict as a cause of psychological discomfort: feeling tense before jumping off the fence
- F. Harreveld, B. Rutjens, M. Rotteveel, L. Nordgren, J. Pligt
- Psychology
- 2009
It has long been assumed that people experience evaluative conflict or ambivalence as unpleasant. In three studies we provide direct evidence for the assumption that ambivalence is unpleasant, but… Expand
Anticipated regret and precautionary sexual behavior
- R. Richard, N. Vries, J. Pligt
- Psychology
- 1 August 1998
This study investigated the impact of anticipated regret on precautionary sexual behavior. 317 female and 134 male 18-48 yr old college students completed questionnaires assessing behavioral… Expand