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emotion
You feel worse because you imagined a better outcome.
A 1997 review article by Neal Roese synthesizes the established connection between upward counterfactuals and regret, a relationship previously identified in earlier empirical research.
The finding was not originally 'found' by a 1997 study; it is a well-established psychological construct derived from earlier experimental work.
You feel worse not because of the reality, but because of the alternative you invented.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Neal Roese (1997)
- What the check found
- Roese (1997) is a influential review paper, but the claim incorrectly attributes the initial empirical discovery of this effect to it rather than the earlier studies it synthesizes.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.