Construal Levels and Self-Control

@article{citeulike:771124, abstract = {The authors propose that self-control involves making decisions and behaving in a manner consistent with high-level versus low-level construals of a situation. Activation of high-level construals (which capture global, superordinate, primary features of an event) should lead to greater self-control than activation of low-level construals (which capture local, subordinate, secondary features). In 6 experiments using 3 different techniques, the authors manipulated construal levels and assessed their effects on self-control and underlying psychological processes. High-level construals led to decreased preferences for immediate over delayed outcomes, greater physical endurance, stronger intentions to exert self-control, and less positive evaluations of temptations that undermine self-control. These results support a construal-level analysis of self-control.}, author = {Fujita, Kentaro and Trope, Yaacov and Liberman, Nira and Levin-Sagi, Maya }, citeulike-article-id = {771124}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.351}, journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}, keywords = {clt, construal-level-theory, self-control}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {351--367}, posted-at = {2006-07-24 13:41:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Construal Levels and Self-Control}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.351}, volume = {90}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:771124 L3 - citeulike-article-id:771124 TI - Construal Levels and Self-Control JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology VL - 90 IS - 3 SP - 351 EP - 367 N2 - The authors propose that self-control involves making decisions and behaving in a manner consistent with high-level versus low-level construals of a situation. Activation of high-level construals (which capture global, superordinate, primary features of an event) should lead to greater self-control than activation of low-level construals (which capture local, subordinate, secondary features). In 6 experiments using 3 different techniques, the authors manipulated construal levels and assessed their effects on self-control and underlying psychological processes. High-level construals led to decreased preferences for immediate over delayed outcomes, greater physical endurance, stronger intentions to exert self-control, and less positive evaluations of temptations that undermine self-control. These results support a construal-level analysis of self-control. KW - clt KW - construal-level-theory KW - self-control AU - Fujita, Kentaro AU - Trope, Yaacov AU - Liberman, Nira AU - Levin-Sagi, Maya PY - 2006/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.351 ER -