Reactance, Compliance, and Anticipated Regret

Crawford, Matthew T.; McConnell, Allen R.; Lewis, Amy C.; Sherman, Steven J.

doi:10.1006/jesp.2001.1481

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“…This is generally higher than the prevalence of regret reported in previous studies, which range from 6% to 23% [8, 32, 34–37, 39, 40], with 47.1% reported in one study on prophylactic mastectomy [40]. In this study, regret was measured using an open-ended question regarding treatment in general.…”

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Post‐treatment regret among young breast cancer survivors

Fernandes‐Taylor

Bloom

2011

Psycho-Oncology

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Objective-The study addresses: (1) what women regret about their breast cancer treatment five years later, and (2) what characteristics of disease and treatment predict post-treatment regret.Method-Interviews were conducted with breast cancer survivors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Participants were interviewed following diagnosis. Five years later, women were asked whether they had any regrets about their cancer treatment (N=449). Qualitative analysis was used to identify regret content, and logistic regression was used to determine what characteristics of treatment predicted regret.Results-42.5% of women in the sample regretted some aspect of treatment. The most common regrets were primary surgery (24.1%), chemotherapy and/or radiation (21.5%), reconstruction (17.8%), and problems with providers (13.1%). In addition, women regretted inactions (59.2%) (actions that they did not take) more than actions that they did take (30.4%). This represents a novel finding in the study of post-treatment regret, which has largely focused on regrets over actions. Quantitative analysis revealed that women who were anxious about the future (OR=1.32; p=.03) or had problems communicating with physicians (OR=1.26; p=.02) during treatment were more likely to express regret 5 years later. In addition, women with new or recurrent cancers 5 years later were significantly more likely to regret some aspect of their primary treatment (OR=5.81; p<.001).Conclusion-This research supports addressing the psychosocial aspects of cancer care and improving physician-patient communication. Evidence is also provided for addressing the unique emotional needs of women with recurrent cancers, who may experience an undue burden of regret.

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confidence: 63%

Post‐treatment regret among young breast cancer survivors

Fernandes‐Taylor

Bloom

2011

Psycho-Oncology

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“…(1= "Not at all"; 7="Very much"). Single-item measures of regret have commonly been used in prior research on regret and decision making (Arkes, Kung, & Hutzel, 2002;Crawford, McConnell, Lewis, & Sherman, 2002;Kumar, 2004;Ordóňez & Connolly, 2000;Sagi & Friedland, 2007;Van Dijk & Zeelenberg, 2005). The other two main dependent measures related to participants' perceptions of having rushed: "How rushed did you feel while you were making your choice?"…”

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Decision speed and choice regret: When haste feels like waste

Inbar

Botti

Hanko³

2011

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

111

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International audienceWe test a metacognitive account of why larger choice sets often lead to greater regret, proposing that people apply the lay theory that "a quick choice is a bad choice" when evaluating how well they have chosen. Because people often operate under time pressure, larger sets are likely to entail a more cursory selection process than smaller sets, generating a feeling of having rushed the evaluation of the alternatives and heightened regret. Four studies show that choice-set size does not influence participants' regret when they believe that they had enough time to choose, that the subjective feeling of being rushed accounts for greater regret when choosing from larger sets, and that changing people's lay theories about choosing quickly eliminates regret

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“…The power of emotion to drive home lessons was attested by Crawford, McConnell, Lewis, and Sherman (2002). They gave participants ample information for betting on a football game but then exposed participants to advice from an unknown stranger.…”

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How Emotion Shapes Behavior: Feedback, Anticipation, and Reflection, Rather Than Direct Causation

Baumeister¹,

Vohs

DeWall³

et al. 2007

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

1,361

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Fear causes fleeing and thereby saves lives: this exemplifies a popular and common sense but increasingly untenable view that the direct causation of behavior is the primary function of emotion. Instead, the authors develop a theory of emotion as a feedback system whose influence on behavior is typically indirect. By providing feedback and stimulating retrospective appraisal of actions, conscious emotional states can promote learning and alter guidelines for future behavior. Behavior may also be chosen to pursue (or avoid) anticipated emotional outcomes. Rapid, automatic affective responses, in contrast to the full-blown conscious emotions, may inform cognition and behavioral choice and thereby help guide current behavior. The automatic affective responses may also remind the person of past emotional outcomes and provide useful guides as to what emotional outcomes may be anticipated in the present. To justify replacing the direct causation model with the feedback model, the authors review a large body of empirical findings.

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Reactance, Compliance, and Anticipated Regret

Cited by 86 publications

References 32 publications

Post‐treatment regret among young breast cancer survivors

Post‐treatment regret among young breast cancer survivors

Decision speed and choice regret: When haste feels like waste

How Emotion Shapes Behavior: Feedback, Anticipation, and Reflection, Rather Than Direct Causation

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