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Roese, Neal J. Preston, Jesse L. Roese, Neal J. Roberts, Brent W. Diener, Edward F. Berenbaum, Howard Morrison, Michael 2012-09-18T21:19:46Z 2012-09-18T21:19:46Z 2014-09-18T10:00:36Z 2012-08 2012-09-18T21:19:46Z 2012-08 Functional accounts of counterfactual thinking (Epstude & Roese, 2008) argue that upward counterfactuals make us feel bad in the short-term but maximize outcomes in the long term. The short-term relationship is well-established, but the relationship of counterfactual thinking to behavior, affect and well-being over the long term has yet to be tested. Three experimental studies spanning different lengths of time uncovered that individuals who provided an upward counterfactual were more likely to subsequently take action to improve themselves and feel better over time about what they described, compared to those who provided downward counterfactual or factual event descriptions. Repetitive thought appears to play a role in these patterns. The findings provide new insights into the long-term adaptive value of counterfactual thinking. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2012-07-09T15:01:15Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Morrison_Michael.docx: 294556 bytes, checksum: 414d0aca99c28bbab03c6f80e3546af7 (MD5) Morrison_Michael.pdf: 391452 bytes, checksum: f1036a9de0d458eebafbffd9dfaf407d (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-18T21:19:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Morrison_Michael.pdf: 391452 bytes, checksum: f1036a9de0d458eebafbffd9dfaf407d (MD5) license.txt: 4066 bytes, checksum: 9d582497ee99baa73fc53f8d6713b0cc (MD5) Morrison_Michael.docx: 294556 bytes, checksum: 414d0aca99c28bbab03c6f80e3546af7 (MD5) Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (srobbins@illinois.edu) on 2012-09-18T21:21:17Z Item is restricted until 2014-09-18T21:21:01Z Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:35:11-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2014-09-18 16:21:01 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 34768 on 2014-09-18T10:00:36Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/34494 en Copyright 2012 Michael R.S. Morrison counterfactual thinking regret affect behavior regulation adaptive behavior repetitive thought subjective well-being decision-making time course Upward and onward: direction of counterfactuals, future action, and well-being over time Psychology 1299 Psychology 0338 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Psychology -UIUC 10KS0338PHD