The Effect of Preceding Self-Control on Green Consumption Behavior: The Moderating Role of Moral Elevation

It is well documented that self-control has a positive effect on individuals’ subjective well-being. However, little research has focused on the moderators underlying this relationship. The present research used two studies to examine the moderating role of both trait and state motivation on the relationship between self-control and subjective well-being using psychometric and experimental models, respectively. In Study 1, we explored whether trait motivation (including promotion vs. prevention motivation) moderated the relationship between trait self-control and subjective well-being using a psychometric model. In Study 2, we examined the moderating effects of both trait and state motivation on the effect of state self-control (measured via ego depletion) on subjective well-being using an experimental model. Our results indicated that self-control had a positive effect on subjective well-being, with this relationship being primarily moderated by prevention motivation. When state and trait prevention motivations were congruent, self-control had the most obvious impact on subjective well-being. This study suggests that current understandings around the association between self-control and happiness is limited, implying that motivation should be the focus of future research.

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Too tempting to resist? Self-control moderates the relationship between narcissism and antisocial tendencies

10.31234/osf.io/sczwg ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ramzi Fatfouta ◽

Radosław Rogoza ◽

Piotr Paweł Brud ◽

Katrin Rentzsch

Keyword(s):

Self Control ◽

Behavioral Indicators ◽

Wide Range ◽

Interpersonal Transgression ◽

The Relationship ◽

Antisocial Tendencies ◽

Moderating Role

Previous research highlights that narcissism predicts a wide range of antisocial tendencies. We propose that the expression of such tendencies is contingent on the level of dispositional self-control. Three independent studies (Ntotal = 1,458) using three different narcissism measures and self-reported as well as behavioral indicators of antisocial tendencies tested this moderation hypothesis. In Study 1, antagonistic narcissism was positively related to self-reported revenge following an interpersonal transgression and this relationship was weakened among individuals high (vs. low) in self-control. Studies 2 and 3 conceptually replicated this finding using different narcissism measures, respectively, and trait (Study 2) as well as behaviorally assessed aggression (Study 3) as outcome variables. Results support the moderating role of self-control in the antagonistic narcissism-antisociality link.

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The Moderating Role of Self-Control and Financial Strain in the Relation between Exposure to the Food Environment and Obesity: The GLOBE Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16040674 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 674 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Joreintje Mackenbach ◽

Marielle Beenackers ◽

J. Noordzij ◽

Joost Oude Groeniger ◽

Jeroen Lakerveld ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Food Environment ◽

Fast Food ◽

Self Control ◽

Financial Strain ◽

Food Retailers ◽

Low Self Control ◽

Moderating Role

Low self-control and financial strain may limit individuals’ capacity to resist temptations in the local food environment. We investigated the moderating role of self-control and financial strain in the relation between the food environment and higher body weight. We used data from 2812 Dutch adults who participated in the population-based GLOBE study in 2014. Participants’ home addresses and the location of food retailers in 2013 were mapped using GIS. The density of fast food retailers and the totality of food retailers in Euclidean buffers of 250, 400 and 800 m around the home were linked to body mass index and overweight status. A higher density of fast food outlets (B (95% confidence interval (CI)) = −0.04 (−0.07; −0.01)) and the totality of food outlets (B (95% CI) = −0.01 (−0.01; −0.00)) were associated with a lower body mass index. Stratification showed that associations were strongest for those experiencing low self-control or great financial strain. For example, every additional fast food outlet was associated with a 0.17 point lower BMI in those with great financial strain, while not significantly associated with BMI in those with no financial strain. In conclusion, we did find support for a moderating role of self-control and financial strain, but associations between the food environment and weight status were not in the expected direction.

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