Table 1.
Numbers of Children Giving Each Emotional Response on Day 1 After the Counterfactual Prize Was Revealed in Each Condition in Experiment 1, Broken Down by Age Group and Whether Participants Were Classified as Having Experienced Regret
| Age group | Experience regret | Baseline condition | Regret condition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happier | Sadder | No change | Happier | Sadder | No change | ||
| 5 | Yes (N = 6) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| No (N = 20) | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 14 | |
| 7 | Yes (N = 19) | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| No (N = 9) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 9 | Yes (N = 23) | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| No (N = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |