We present the Maximization Inventory, which consists of three separate scales: decision difficulty, alternative search … Inventory was then compared to previous maximization scales and, while the decision difficulty and alternative search scales are … maximization behavior, and we demonstrate that this scale is positively correlated with positive adaptation, whereas the decision …

' aspirations for high standards and their preference for extensive alternative search, but not the decision difficulty aspect … association with regret is inconsistent. Analysis of correlates of the difficulty dimension suggests that decision difficulty …

perceived decision difficulty and negative emotions. As hypothesized, decision difficulty and negative emotions show diverging …