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- Author: Samantha Lapka
- Full Title:: Wish You Had More Self-Control? You Should Hear the Downsides
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://psyche.co/ideas/wish-you-had-more-self-control-you-should-hear-the-downsides?utm_source=rss-feed
- Finished date:: 2023-03-26
Highlights
We found that, on average, participants rated the person with high self-control as more robot-like and less warm. Moreover, they saw the person who acted on their impulses as more real and genuine (View Highlight)
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when people act impulsively, such as speaking their mind or indulging themselves, it can be interpreted as a signal of social power in the sense that the person is not concerned with censoring themselves or with conforming to social expectations. In contrast, when a person with high self-control consistently inhibits their impulsive responses, they’re seen as more predictable and keen to play by the rules, which can lead others to see them as weaker. (View Highlight)
Our research in 2022 also found that people tend to be less interested in socialising with individuals who have high self-control (View Highlight)
heightened expectations for the high self-control person, leading them to feel more burdened by the reliance that others have on them (View Highlight)
in a study involving romantic partners, those participants with greater available self-control considered mild offences their partner made against them, such as forgetting to call when they said they would, as more severe and hurtful, and they were less likely to forgive their partner (View Highlight)
Research has shown that, when people reflect on their more distant past, they tend to regret having too much self-control rather than not having enough (View Highlight)
Research shows that people with high self-control tend to experience less spontaneous emotion in their daily lives, and a more limited range and reduced intensity of emotions, compared with people who have lower trait self-control. (View Highlight)
researchers have speculated that it could be behaviourally and metabolically demanding for ambitious and self-disciplined ethnic minority individuals to overcome structural societal barriers, and that at this could negatively affect their health. (View Highlight)