Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice
Schwartz, Ward, Monterosso, Lyubomirsky, White and Lehman, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83(5), 2002, 1178-1197. Introduces a Maximization Scale. Maximisers were less satisfied with consumer decisions and more prone to social comparison, more adversely affected by upward comparison, and more sensitive to regret in an ultimatum bargaining game. Correlational, questionnaire and task based. Wellbeing measures in the abstract are not used in the article.
Schwartz, Ward, Monterosso, Lyubomirsky, White and Lehman, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83(5), 2002, 1178-1197. Introduces a Maximization Scale. Maximisers were less satisfied with consumer decisions and more prone to social comparison, more adversely affected by upward comparison, and more sensitive to regret in an ultimatum bargaining game. Correlational, questionnaire and task based. Wellbeing measures in the abstract are not used in the article.
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Schwartz, B., Ward, A., Monterosso, J., Lyubomirsky, S., White, K., & Lehman, D. R. (2002). Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(5), 1178-1197. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1178 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1178