What Dutch women of different ages regret most

The present study examined the relationship between age, regret, well-being, and three categories of current interpretation of regretted events (not having come to terms, putting the best face on it, and coming to terms) in a large sample (n = 3579) of women varying in age from 16 to 81. Although the occurrence of regret was not related to age, its interpretation was: with age, both a growing number of women interpreted their regret experience as something they could not come to terms with also a growing number of women were able to do so. In addition, as women were more able to come to terms... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dijkstra, Pieternel
Barelds, Dick P. H.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Reihe/Periodikum: Dijkstra , P & Barelds , D P H 2008 , ' What Dutch women of different ages regret most ' , Journal of Research in Personality , vol. 42 , no. 6 , pp. 1663-1667 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2008.07.007
Schlagwörter: Regret / Well-being / Women / LIFE / SCALE / GOALS
Sprache: Englisch
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The present study examined the relationship between age, regret, well-being, and three categories of current interpretation of regretted events (not having come to terms, putting the best face on it, and coming to terms) in a large sample (n = 3579) of women varying in age from 16 to 81. Although the occurrence of regret was not related to age, its interpretation was: with age, both a growing number of women interpreted their regret experience as something they could not come to terms with also a growing number of women were able to do so. In addition, as women were more able to come to terms with their regrets, they reported higher well-being. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.