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When things don’t go to plan
Published in David McGowan, Helen Sims, Making the Most of Your Medical Career, 2021
Now that whole ordeal is over and you have realised that the world is not going to end, it is time to move on. There is little use in feeling regrets about mistakes (or supposed mistakes) that have been made in the past - only the future can be changed. Likewise, the experiences associated with these nightmare situations should not written off and whitewashed from your memory. First, you can use them to spur you on to further success. Failure tastes bitter and once you have had it you will not be keen to go through it again; so in future challenges, you might face them with more preparedness than you otherwise would have done. Second, such ‘failures’ can teach you practical lessons by highlighting weaknesses. If you had gotten in a mess because of poor organisational skills (not uncommon), buy a wall planner, get a good diary, get friendly with Post-it notes and use all of the functionality of your smartphone. Don’t get caught out again.
Complex Grief
Published in Robert McAlpine, Anthony Hillin, Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents, 2020
Robert McAlpine, Anthony Hillin
Inviting the client to think of wishes in relation to the loss and to represent these wishes on the page can be a potent way of accessing aspects of the loss that may have gone unexpressed. This might include regrets and feelings of guilt. It may also elicit beliefs about fairness and the meaning of the loss. For example,
The Intention–Behavior Gap
Published in James M. Rippe, Lifestyle Medicine, 2019
Mark D. Faries, Wesley C. Dudgeon
Conner and colleagues put this possibility to the test. They found that when intentions to perform various health behaviors (e.g., eat five fruits/vegetables a day, exercise regularly, use sunscreen) were based on anticipated affective reactions to those behaviors.76 “In other words, the stronger the correlation between the feeling of regret associated with performing the behavior and intention, the more likely that intention was to predict health behaviors.”76 These findings corroborated an earlier review that found that the anticipation of negative affect following a behavior (or not performing a behavior), such as regret, worry, tension, and anxiety, was a significant correlate (r+ = .43) with intention, and predictor of an additional 7% of the variation in intention beyond TPB variables (R2∆ = .07). Regret, in particular, has similar support for other health-related behaviors.79,80 Brewer and colleagues have provided a clear overview of the hypothesized relationships between anticipated regret and health behavior (Table 20.4).79
No regrets: Former collegiate student-athletes’ reflections on regret
Published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2023
Chelsea B. Wooding, Raymond F. Prior
Researchers have also examined regret more systematically than Ware’s anecdotal reflections (e.g., Bedford, 1957; Kahneman & Tversky, 1982; Landman, 1987). Traditionally, regret is defined as “a negative emotion experienced when one believes an action or series of actions could have been carried out more effectively” (Robbins & Stanley, 2012, p. 186). Zeelenberg (1999) concisely explained regret stems from a belief that a different past decision would have led to a better present situation. Regret seems to include both cognitive (e.g., thinking and reflecting on previous decisions) and emotional (e.g., feelings associated with decisions and the inherent consequences) components (Gilovich & Medvec, 1995). There might also be an important temporal aspect of regret; people tend to regret action in the short-term, and inaction in the long-term (Gilovich & Medvec, 1995).
Personality and resilience: Enhancing well-being and reducing negative emotions among working mothers
Published in Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 2022
Doruk Uysal Irak, Funda Bozkurt, İrem Burcu Kurşun
Guilt and regret are two negative emotions which working mothers may experience. Guilt is defined as an emotional state which arises from misperceptions of actions and intentions (Martínez et al., 2011). Guilt is a common consequence of difficulties in balancing work and family life (Livingston & Judge, 2008). It is known that working mothers have higher levels of work-family guilt compared to working fathers (Aycan & Eskin, 2005). Meanwhile, regret is a “cognitively based emotion that we experience when realizing or imagining that our present situation would have been better had we acted differently” (Zeelenberg, 1999, p. 94). It can be difficult for mothers to report feelings of regret, but mothers may both experience and report regret related to their decision to become a mother (Donath, 2015a). Moore and Abetz (2019) found that even though parents love their kids, they may still feel regret about becoming a parent. In the present study, guilt was examined in the context of conflict caused by employment leading to reductions in time spent with family, and regret was investigated in relation to the decision to become a mother. Parallel with previous studies, we expected that negative emotions experienced by working mothers would be related to psychological well-being (stress, anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction).
Early Sexual Debut and the Effects on Well-Being among South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15 to 24 Years
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2022
Tracy McClinton Appollis, Kim Jonas, Roxanne Beauclair, Carl Lombard, Zoe Duby, Mireille Cheyip, Kealeboga Maruping, Janan Dietrich, Catherine Mathews
Early sexual debut, whether coerced or not, can also be associated with negative emotional experiences such as regret. “Regret” has been defined as a negative cognitive emotion, often accompanied by feelings of self-blame, disappointment with one self for action or inaction, and thoughts that the present would be different had one acted differently (Eshbaugh & Gute, 2008; Oswalt et al., 2005). Studies from Europe, North and South America, and Asia describe young people regretting their first sexual experience, or reporting sentiments of wishing they had waited longer to have their first sex (Cotton et al., 2004; Osorio et al., 2012; Wight et al., 2000). A study conducted in New Zealand among males and females, found that a substantial proportion of young women regret early intercourse (Dickson et al., 1998). However, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated regret after sexual debut in South Africa and the extent to which early sexual debut might impact well-being is unknown. The effects of regret on quality of life and well-being has however been researched in older participants (aged 19–35 years), showing that intense regret has a negative impact on well-being and quality of life (Wrosch et al., 2005).