Whatever happened to "What might have been"? Regrets, happiness, and maturity
Whatever happened to "What might have been"? Regrets, happiness, and maturity
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DOI：
10.1037/0003-066x.62.7.625
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
影响因子：
16.4
通讯作者：
Hicks, Joshua A.
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作者：
King, Laura A.;Hicks, Joshua A.
虽然失去了机会和错误的期望。虽然这些经历让人难以想象和谈论，但它们可能在人格发展中发挥作用。利用研究使用丢失的可能自我的叙述，作者回顾了遗憾的经验，成熟，幸福和复杂性的两个重要和独立的方面的关系。思考一个丢失的可能自我与同时发生的遗憾、痛苦和幸福感降低有关;然而，详细阐述一个丢失的可能自我与复杂性有关，并随着时间的推移预测复杂性。在这篇文章中，作者描述了令人遗憾的经历在促进幸福和复杂性方面的作用。最后，在以前的工作的基础上，作者研究了幸福成熟的潜在启示，并提出了可能促进幸福成熟的心理能力。
Although lost opportunities and mistaken expectations. are unpleasant to think and talk about, these experiences may have a role to play in personality development. Drawing on research using narratives of lost possible selves, the authors review the relations of regrettable experiences to 2 important and independent aspects of maturity, happiness and complexity. Thinking about a lost possible self is related to concurrent regrets, distress, and lowered wellbeing; however, elaborating on a lost possible self is related, concurrently, to complexity and predicts complexity, prospectively, over time. In this article, the authors describe the role that regrettable experiences have in promoting both happiness and complexity. Finally, expanding on previous work, the authors examine potential affordances of happy maturity and suggest psychological capacities that may promote happy maturity.