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Your Self-Control Decreases Throughout the Day, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:28:59 +0000

New experimental research by Kouchaki & Smith (2014), published in Psychological Science in January, shows that people are more likely to act ethically and to overcome temptation in the morning than later in the day. The authors refer to it as the morning morality effect. The reason why people’s ability to exert self-control decreases as the day […]

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Are You In Control? Feelings of Personal Control Are Essential for Mental Health

Simon Moesgaard — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:34:59 +0000

The belief that one can exert control over stressful events has long been known to help people cope with stress (Taylor, 2012). People like to have control over their lives, and people who have a sense of personal control seem to be better off than those who haven’t. “A belief that the world is governed by […]

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8 Scientific Facts About Self-Control

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:49:00 +0000

What is self-control? Self-control is to delay short-term gratification in favour of long-term outcomes: it is the investment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral resources to achieve a desired outcome. Self-control often involves resisting temptations and impulses, and habits often undermine self-control. Humans are relatively successful at exerting self-control to achieve long-term outcomes (Hagger et al., 2009). […]

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Study: People With Self-Discipline Are Happier

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:09:00 +0000

When we think of people with a high self-control, we cannot avoid thinking about how restrained and deprived they might be. Whenever we restrain ourselves, we tend to think that we are missing something. Therefore, it can be argued that a high level of self-control makes a miserable life by depriving us of valuable and […]

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