TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Regulatory Accessibility and Social Influences on State Self-Control
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - vanDellen, Michelle R.
A1  - Hoyle, Rick H.
SP  - 251
EP  - 263
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - The current work examined how social factors influence self-control. Current conceptions of state self-control treat it largely as a function of regulatory capacity. The authors propose that state self-control might also be influenced by social factors because of regulatory accessibility. Studies 1 through 4 provide evidence that individuals’ state self-control is influenced by the trait and state self-control of salient others such that thinking of others with good trait or state self-control leads to increases in state self-control and thinking of others with bad trait or state self-control leads to decreases in state self-control. Study 5 provides evidence that the salience of significant others influences both regulatory accessibility and state self-control. Combined, these studies suggest that the effects of social influences on state self-control occur through multiple mechanisms.<p />
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SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209356302
ID  - ref1
ER  -