Publicación: MILLENIALS WANT THE BEST AND PRESENT MORE REGRET UPON DECIDING. AN ANALYSIS OF MAXIMIZATION BY GENERATIONS
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2022
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MAXIMIZATION IS THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS STUDIES RELATED TO ITS CONCEPTUALIZATION, MEASUREMENT AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE MAXIMIZING STYLE IS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE POPULATION OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, OR WITH THE SAME EMOTIONAL EFFECTS. THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY IT IN THREE GROUPS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS: BABY BOOMERS (BB; N= 135), GENERATION X (GX; N= 233), AND GENERATION Y OR MILLENIALS (CY; N= 253), ALL WORKING ADULTS OF BOTH SEXES WHO ANSWERED INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE MAXIMIZATION, WELL-BEING SUBJECTIVE, DIFFICULTY IN DECIDING AND REGRET. GY STANDS OUT FOR LOOKING FOR THE BEST OPTION AND FOR PRESENTING MORE REGRET THAN THE OTHER GENERATIONS. THERE ARE NO INTERGENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN LIFE SATISFACTION OR HAPPINESS. GX AND BB DO NOT DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER, EXPERIENCING LESS DIFFICULTY IN DECIDING AND LESS REGRET THAN GY. IT IS FOUND THAT AS ONE AGES, PARSIMONY TO MAKE DECISIONS INCREASES AND SELF-REGULATION IMPROVES.
