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Research article summary:
Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice.
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Can people feel worse off as the options they face increase? The present studies suggest that some people--maximizers--can. Study 1 reported a Maximization Scale, which measures individual differences in desire to maximize. Seven samples revealed ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Nov
in Journal: J Pers Soc Psychol
(Language : eng)
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1. J Pers Soc Psychol.
2002 Nov;83(5):1178-97
Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice.
Schwartz B, Ward A, Monterosso J, Lyubomirsky S, White K, Lehman DR
Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania 19081, USA. bschwar1@swarthmore.edu
Can people feel worse off as the options they face increase? The present studies suggest that some people--maximizers--can. Study 1 reported a Maximization Scale, which measures individual differences in desire to maximize. Seven samples revealed negative correlations between maximization and happiness, optimism, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, and positive correlations between maximization and depression, perfectionism, and regret. Study 2 found maximizers less satisfied than nonmaximizers (satisficers) with consumer decisions, and more likely to engage in social comparison. Study 3 found maximizers more adversely affected by upward social comparison. Study 4 found maximizers more sensitive to regret and less satisfied in an ultimatum bargaining game. The interaction between maximizing and choice is discussed in terms of regret, adaptation, and self-blame.
PMID : 12416921 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Barry | Schwartz | B |
| Andrew | Ward | A |
| John | Monterosso | J |
| Sonja | Lyubomirsky | S |
| Katherine | White | K |
| Darrin R | Lehman | DR |
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania 19081, USA. bschwar1@swarthmore.edu
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Category links from this article:- Adaptation, Psychological
- Choice Behavior
- Decision Making
- Factor Analysis, Statistical
- Female
- Happiness
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personal Satisfaction
- Questionnaires
- Self Concept
- Sex Factors
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