2018
DOI: 10.1177/0146167218754509
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Does Self-Licensing Benefit Self-Regulation Over Time? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Food Temptations

Abstract: Self-licensing, employing reasons to justify indulgence, may help resolve the conflict between immediate temptations and long-term goals in favor of the former. It was hypothesized that this conflict-resolving potential of self-licensing may benefit self-regulation over time. With a momentary assessment design, we examined how self-licensing affects self-regulatory ability and the capacity to deal with subsequent self-regulatory conflicts. One hundred thirty-six female participants filled out surveys eight tim… Show more

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“…Licensing (also known as self-licensing) refers to making more indulgent choices in the present (e.g., a slice of chocolate cake now) as a consequence of anticipating making self-controlled choices in the future (e.g., a salad tomorrow) or recalling making self-controlled choices in the past (e.g., passing on French fries yesterday; De Witt Huberts, Evers, & De Ridder, 2014). Thinking about virtuous decisions bolsters self-concept, thereby buffering against negative self-attributions associated with more impulsive choices (Khan & Dhar, 2006; Prinsen, Evers, Wijngaards, van Vliet, & de Ridder, 2018).…”
Section: Empirical Research On Interventions That Reduce Failures Of mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Licensing (also known as self-licensing) refers to making more indulgent choices in the present (e.g., a slice of chocolate cake now) as a consequence of anticipating making self-controlled choices in the future (e.g., a salad tomorrow) or recalling making self-controlled choices in the past (e.g., passing on French fries yesterday; De Witt Huberts, Evers, & De Ridder, 2014). Thinking about virtuous decisions bolsters self-concept, thereby buffering against negative self-attributions associated with more impulsive choices (Khan & Dhar, 2006; Prinsen, Evers, Wijngaards, van Vliet, & de Ridder, 2018).…”
Section: Empirical Research On Interventions That Reduce Failures Of mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In consumer research, studies have linked the licensing effect to the reduction of guilty feelings about frivolous choices (Kivetz and Simonson, 2002; Prinsen et al , 2018). For example, consumers who have boosted their altruistic self-concept by participating in charity before the purchase will be more likely to buy a relative luxury (designer jeans) over a relative necessity (vacuum cleaner) (Khan and Dhar, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another issue to investigate is whether people who are successful self‐regulators in one domain are equally successful in other domains or what makes them more successful in one domain compared to the other (more practice, better habits, a more facilitating environment?). Some notable contributions to a more holistic view have been provided by recent experience sampling studies (Hofmann, W., Baumeister, R. F., Förster, G., & Vohs, K. D. ; Ozaki et al, ; Prinsen, Evers, et al, ), that—as pointed to above—have indeed challenged some of the insights that had been derived from earlier lab research. There could be even more to gain from experience sampling paradigms if we could place such data in idiosyncratic contexts, meaning that we interpret individuals' behavior in terms of their own current set of goals.…”
Section: Recommendations For Future Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even more telling are findings showing that planned hedonic deviations (i.e., deliberately giving in to temptation) can in fact be beneficial for long‐term goal achievement (Coelho do Vale, Pieters, & Zeelenberg, ). Along these lines, scholars have recently suggested to distinguish between functional and dysfunctional self‐licensing, where the former refers to self‐justified diet violations (i.e., giving in to temptations) that help people adhere to their overall diet goals and is thereby related to self‐regulatory success (Prinsen, Dohle, Evers, de Ridder & Hofmann, ). The idea that not restraining oneself can sometimes have beneficial outcomes when considering the bigger picture could of course apply to other domains as well.…”
Section: Self‐regulation Success Versus Failure Is Not Strictly a Matmentioning
confidence: 99%
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