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The impact of self-control cues on subsequent monetary risk-taking.
Brevers, Damien; Foucart, Jennifer; Turel, Ofir et al.
2018In Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7 (4), p. 1044-1055
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Keywords :
Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Cues; Female; Humans; Male; Personality/physiology; Reward; Risk-Taking; Self-Control; Young Adult; ego-depletion; gambling; process-model; strength-model
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The "process-model" of self-control proposes that the ego-depletion effect is better explained by a switch between interest in "have-to" labor and cognitive "want-to" leisure, rather than being mainly due to a decrease in cognitive resources, as advanced by the "strength-model" of self-control. However, it is currently difficult to disentangle the "process-model" from the "strength-model" of self-control. Here, we employed a stepwise approach, featuring three studies, for testing the process model of self-control. METHODS: In Study 1, we created a list of 30 self-control events for characterizing "have-to" conducts in the daily life. In Study 2, mental visualization of effortful self-control events ("have-to") and monetary risk-taking ("want-to") were employed for testing the strength-model of self-control. In Study 3, to test the process-model of self-control, participants were simply required to read self-control (or neutral) sentences. RESULTS: Study 1 provided evidence regarding external validly for the list of self-control events. Study 2 showed that mental visualization of effortful self-control events increases subsequent monetary risk-taking. Study 3 highlighted that the brief apparition of a self-control-related sentence was sufficient for increasing risk-taking. These patterns were evidenced in the trial with the less advantageous gain/loss ratio. DISCUSSION: Altogether these findings support the process-model of self-control in showing that triggering the semantic content of a "have-to" conduct, without its actual execution, is sufficient for modulating subsequent "want-to" activity. CONCLUSION: These findings could contribute to advancing current knowledge on how the high availability of ready-to-consume rewards in modern environments is redefining humans' self-control ability.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Brevers, Damien ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Foucart, Jennifer
Turel, Ofir
Bertrand, Anais
Alaerts, Mikael
Verbanck, Paul
Kornreich, Charles
Bechara, Antoine
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
The impact of self-control cues on subsequent monetary risk-taking.
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
ISSN :
2063-5303
Publisher :
Akademiai Kiado, Hungary
Volume :
7
Issue :
4
Pages :
1044-1055
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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