@article{ref1,
title="Riding other people's coattails individuals with low self-control value self-control in other people",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2013",
author="Shea, Catherine T. and Davisson, Erin K. and Fitzsimons, Grainne M.",
volume="24",
number="6",
pages="1031-1036",
abstract="Two laboratory experiments and one dyadic study of ongoing relationships of romantic partners examined how temporary and chronic deficits in self-control affect individuals' evaluations of other people. We suggest that when individuals lack self-control resources, they value such resources in other people. Our results support this hypothesis: We found that individuals low (but not high) in self-control use information about other people's self-control abilities when judging them, evaluating other people with high self-control more positively than those with low self-control. In Study 1, participants whose self-control was depleted preferred people with higher self-control, whereas nondepleted participants did not show this preference. In Study 2, we conceptually replicated this effect while using a behavioral measure of trait self-control. In Study 3, individuals with low (but not high) self-control reported greater dependence on dating partners with high self-control than on those with low self-control. We theorize that individuals with low self-control may use interpersonal relationships to compensate for their lack of personal self-control resources.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/0956797612464890",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797612464890"
}