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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Counterfactual Potency"”.
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Reconsidering Counterfactual Potency to Improve Affect: Towards an Intervention
Research suggests that upward counterfactual thinking (i.e., mentally simulating more desirable alternatives to reality) influences the extremity of negative emotions to the extent that people believe in the plausibility, or likelihood, of the mentally simulated alternative antecedents and outcomes …
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COUNTERFACTUAL VIEWPOINTS: HOW OUR VIEWPOINT OF UNDOING THE PAST SHAPES OUR FUTURE EXPECTATIONS AND PERFORMANCE
… memory, as well as the perceived likelihood of counterfactual alternatives (i.e., counterfactual potency), on subsequent psychological and behavioral reactions. Yet, the possibility of counterfactual viewpoints has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect …