@article{ref1,
title="Self-Control Depletion Leads to Increased Risk Taking",
journal="Social psychological and personality science",
year="2010",
author="Freeman, Nicholas and Muraven, Mark",
volume="1",
number="2",
pages="175-181",
abstract="Previous research has found that individuals low in trait self-control are more likely to take excessive risks than individuals high in trait self-control. The authors expand on this by examining the causal effects of state fluctuations in self-control on subsequent risk taking. Using the self-control strength model, the authors predicted that depleted individuals would take more risks than individuals who did not exert self-control initially. This was tested in two experiments, using both self-reports and performance on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. In both experiments, greater risk taking by depleted participants was related only to the amount of self-control previously exerted. This suggests that situational decrements in self-control strength lead to greater risk taking. Additional data suggest that the effects of depletion on taking chances are above and beyond the effects of trait self-control. This may help to explain situational effects, such as why conscientious people sometimes take unnecessary risks.<p />",
language="",
issn="1948-5506",
doi="10.1177/1948550609360421",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550609360421"
}