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Social exclusion impairs self-regulationRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:589-604. 2005..Thus, rejected people are capable of self-regulation but are normally disinclined to make the effort...- Sexual economics: sex as female resource for social exchange in heterosexual interactionsRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 8:339-63. 2004.... - It's the thought that counts: The role of hostile cognition in shaping aggressive responses to social exclusionC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 96:45-59. 2009..These findings provide a first step in resolving the mystery of why social exclusion produces aggression... - Terror management theory and self-esteem revisited: the roles of implicit and explicit self-esteem in mortality salience effectsBrandon J Schmeichel
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 4235, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 96:1077-87. 2009.... - Self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source: willpower is more than a metaphorMatthew T Gailliot
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:325-36. 2007..Self-control requires a certain amount of glucose to operate unimpaired. A single act of self-control causes glucose to drop below optimal levels, thereby impairing subsequent attempts at self-control... - Conscious thought is for facilitating social and cultural interactions: how mental simulations serve the animal-culture interfaceRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
Psychol Rev 117:945-71. 2010.... - Depletion makes the heart grow less helpful: helping as a function of self-regulatory energy and genetic relatednessC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 34:1653-62. 2008..Helping requires self-regulatory energy to manage conflict between selfish and prosocial motivations-a metabolically expensive process-and thus depleted energy reduces helping and increased energy (glucose) increases helping... - Not so innocent: does seeing one's own capacity for wrongdoing predict forgiveness?Julie Juola Exline
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 7123, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 94:495-515. 2008..The personal capability effect was independent of other established predictors of forgiveness and was more pronounced among men than women... - Consider it done! Plan making can eliminate the cognitive effects of unfulfilled goalsE J Masicampo
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 101:667-83. 2011..Once a plan is made, the drive to attain a goal is suspended--allowing goal-related cognitive activity to cease--and is resumed at the specified later time... - Acetaminophen reduces social pain: behavioral and neural evidenceC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Psychol Sci 21:931-7. 2010..Thus, acetaminophen reduces behavioral and neural responses associated with the pain of social rejection, demonstrating substantial overlap between social and physical pain... - Toward a physiology of dual-process reasoning and judgment: lemonade, willpower, and expensive rule-based analysisE J Masicampo
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
Psychol Sci 19:255-60. 2008..Only lemonade with sugar reduced the attraction effect. These results show one way in which the body (blood glucose) interacts with the mind (self-control and reliance on heuristics)... - Replenishing connectedness: reminders of social activity reduce aggression after social exclusionJean M Twenge
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Br J Soc Psychol 46:205-24. 2007..The effect was mediated by trust in other people but not by state self-esteem or mood. Rejected participants who have an alternative source of social connection eschew the increased aggression usually displayed after social exclusion... - Self-regulation and sexual restraint: dispositionally and temporarily poor self-regulatory abilities contribute to failures at restraining sexual behaviorMatthew T Gailliot
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:173-86. 2007..Furthermore, there was some evidence that the effects of diminished self-control were strongest among those with the strongest sexual desires (men and sexually unrestricted individuals) and among couples with less sexual experience... - Social exclusion decreases prosocial behaviorJean M Twenge
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4611, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:56-66. 2007..The implication is that rejection temporarily interferes with emotional responses, thereby impairing the capacity for empathic understanding of others, and as a result, any inclination to help or cooperate with them is undermined... - Prosocial benefits of feeling free: disbelief in free will increases aggression and reduces helpfulnessRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 35:260-8. 2009..Although the findings do not speak to the existence of free will, the current results suggest that disbelief in free will reduces helping and increases aggression... - How emotion shapes behavior: feedback, anticipation, and reflection, rather than direct causationRoy F Baumeister
Florida State University, Florida, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 11:167-203. 2007..To justify replacing the direct causation model with the feedback model, the authors review a large body of empirical findings... - Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem"Jon K Maner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:42-55. 2007.... - Satiated with belongingness? Effects of acceptance, rejection, and task framing on self-regulatory performanceC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40605 0044, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 95:1367-82. 2008..Accepted people are normally good at self-regulation but are unwilling to exert the effort to self-regulate if self-regulation means gaining the social acceptance they have already obtained... - Evidence that logical reasoning depends on conscious processingC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 201 Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Conscious Cogn 17:628-45. 2008..Meanwhile, stimulating the conscious goal of reasoning well led to improvements in reasoning performance (Experiment 4). These findings offer evidence that logical reasoning is aided by the conscious, reflective processing system... - Self-regulation and personality: how interventions increase regulatory success, and how depletion moderates the effects of traits on behaviorRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
J Pers 74:1773-801. 2006.... - Self-regulatory processes defend against the threat of death: Effects of self-control depletion and trait self-control on thoughts and fears of dyingMatthew T Gailliot
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 91:49-62. 2006..These results suggest that self-regulation is a key intrapsychic mechanism for alleviating troublesome thoughts and feelings about mortality... - Do conscious thoughts cause behavior?Roy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 62:331-61. 2011..It is plausible that almost every human behavior comes from a mixture of conscious and unconscious processing... - Cultural variations in the sexual marketplace: gender equality correlates with more sexual activityRoy F Baumeister
Florida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W Call St, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Soc Psychol 151:350-60. 2011..Consistent with predictions, relatively high gender equality was associated with more casual sex, more sex partners per capita, younger ages for first sex, and greater tolerance/approval of premarital sex... - Automatic emotion regulation after social exclusion: tuning to positivityC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, KY, USA
Emotion 11:623-36. 2011..These findings suggest that acute exclusion sets in motion an automatic emotion regulation process in which positive emotions become highly accessible, which relates to positive mental health... - Is the allure of self-esteem a mirage after all?Joachim I Krueger
Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Am Psychol 63:64-5; discussion 65-6. 2008..As members of that task force, the current authors wish to express their broad agreement with Swann et al. At the same time, in the comment presented here, they clarify pockets of disagreement... - How leaders self-regulate their task performance: evidence that power promotes diligence, depletion, and disdainC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 100:47-65. 2011..The judicious expenditure of self-control resources among powerful people may help them prioritize their efforts to pursue their goals effectively... - Too proud to let go: narcissistic entitlement as a barrier to forgivenessJulie Juola Exline
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 7123, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 87:894-912. 2004..Study 6 demonstrated that entitlement predicted diminished increases in forgiveness over time. Taken together, these results suggest that narcissistic entitlement is a robust, distinct predictor of unforgiveness... - Social exclusion and the deconstructed state: time perception, meaninglessness, lethargy, lack of emotion, and self-awarenessJean M Twenge
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, California 92182 4611, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 85:409-23. 2003..Excluded participants also tried to escape from self-awareness by facing away from a mirror (Experiment 6)... - Rejection elicits emotional reactions but neither causes immediate distress nor lowers self-esteem: a meta-analytic review of 192 studies on social exclusionGinette C Blackhart
Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 13:269-309. 2009..Self-esteem among rejected persons was no different from neutral controls. These findings are discussed in terms of belongingness motivation, sociometer theory, affective numbing, and self-esteem defenses... - Alone but feeling no pain: Effects of social exclusion on physical pain tolerance and pain threshold, affective forecasting, and interpersonal empathyC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 91:1-15. 2006..The insensitivities to pain and emotion were highly intercorrelated... - Self and identity: a brief overview of what they are, what they do, and how they workRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4301, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1234:48-55. 2011..The self is not contained in the brain, but rather the human brain learns to operate a self... - The physiology of willpower: linking blood glucose to self-controlMatthew T Gailliot
Florida State University, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 11:303-27. 2007..Self-control thus appears highly susceptible to glucose. Self-control benefits numerous social and interpersonal processes. Glucose might therefore be related to a broad range of social behavior... - The performance of narcissists rises and falls with perceived opportunity for gloryHarry M Wallace
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 82:819-34. 2002..Other findings suggested that narcissists' self-enhancement motivation stems more from a desire to garner admiration than from a desire to self-evaluate. Implications and directions for future research are discussed... - High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal successJune P Tangney
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA
J Pers 72:271-324. 2004..Low self-control is thus a significant risk factor for a broad range of personal and interpersonal problems... - What's so funny about not having money? The effects of power on laughterTyler F Stillman
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, FL 32306, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:1547-58. 2007..Low power also increased laughing at a fellow low-power coworker. These findings suggest that low power motivates interest in making friends and hence increases behaviors that promote social bonding... - High trait self-control predicts positive health behaviors and success in weight lossA Will Crescioni
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
J Health Psychol 16:750-9. 2011..These data suggest that trait self-control is, indeed, an important predictor of health behaviors... - Increasing self-regulatory strength can reduce the depleting effect of suppressing stereotypesMatthew T Gailliot
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:281-94. 2007..These findings indicate that self-regulatory exercise can improve resistance to self-regulatory depletion and, consequently, people can suppress stereotypes without suffering subsequent decrements in task performance... - From terror to joy: automatic tuning to positive affective information following mortality salienceC Nathan DeWall
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Psychol Sci 18:984-90. 2007..These findings shed light on the coping process that ensues immediately following mortality salience and help to explain why a delay is often necessary to produce effects in line with terror management theory... - Effects of social exclusion on cognitive processes: anticipated aloneness reduces intelligent thoughtRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 7123, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:817-27. 2002..The cognitive impairments appeared to involve reductions in both speed (effort) and accuracy. The effect was not mediated by mood... - Arguing, reasoning, and the interpersonal (cultural) functions of human consciousnessRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301 http www psy fsu edu baumeistertice index html
Behav Brain Sci 34:74. 2011..These mesh well with the argument theory of reasoning. In broader context, the distinctively human traits are adaptations for culture and inner processes serve interpersonal functions... - Ego depletion and self-regulation failure: a resource model of self-controlRoy F Baumeister
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:281-4. 2003..The self's resources, which are also used for decision-making and active responding, can be replenished by rest and positive emotions... - Audience support and choking under pressure: a home disadvantage?Harry M Wallace
Department of Psychology, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
J Sports Sci 23:429-38. 2005..Dispositional and situational moderators of the relationship between audience support and performance are reviewed... - Narcissism, sexual refusal, and aggression: testing a narcissistic reactance model of sexual coercionBrad J Bushman
Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:1027-40. 2003..In Study 3, narcissists were more punitive than other men toward a female confederate who refused to read a sexually arousing passage aloud to them... - Intellectual performance and ego depletion: role of the self in logical reasoning and other information processingBrandon J Schmeichel
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 7123, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 85:33-46. 2003..Successful performance at complex thinking may therefore rely on limited regulatory resources... - Social exclusion causes self-defeating behaviorJean M Twenge
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, California 92182 4611, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:606-15. 2002..Thus, the effect goes beyond just hearing bad news. Emotional distress did not significantly mediate these effects across 3 different mood measures... - Exploding the self-esteem mythRoy F Baumeister
Sci Am 292:70-7. 2005 - Self-regulation and self-presentation: regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory resourcesKathleen D Vohs
Marketing Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:632-57. 2005..Thus, inner processes may serve interpersonal functions, although optimal interpersonal activity exacts a short-term cost... - Your money or your self-esteem: threatened egotism promotes costly entrapment in losing endeavorsLiqing Zhang
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:881-93. 2006..Thus, pursuing favorable views of the self could be costly to decision makers' financial well-being and may produce self-defeating behaviors... - Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: a limited-resource account of decision making, self-regulation, and active initiativeKathleen D Vohs
Marketing Department, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 94:883-98. 2008....