Puritanical moralism may signal patience rather than cause self-control
(2023) In Behavioral and Brain Sciences 46.- Abstract
We argue that people may resist temptations not only with the aim of acquiring more self-control, but also because they want to convince others that they are patient and already possess self-control.
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- Ellingsen, Tore and Mohlin, Erik LU
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- 2023-10
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- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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- 46
- article number
- e293
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- Cambridge University Press
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- scopus:85173818186
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- 0140-525X
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0140525X23000821
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- English
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