其他摘要：As a special way of thinking, counterfactual thinking has a close relationship with emotions. Its interaction with negative emotion especially regret psychology affects individual’s behaviors. Through the related psychological study of counterfactual thinking and regret, we focus on how the counterfactual thinking coming from regret influences individual’s emotional state, mode of thinking and even behavioral pattern. Finally the interview shows, the rate of college students who have experienced the counterfactual thinking after they feel regret about something reaches 98.5%. We presume that the underlying cause of counterfactual thinking might be changing the undesired results through assumptions and imaginary thoughts, and eventually save themselves from passive state.
