Transcending Temptation Through Abstraction

Fujita, Kentaro; Carnevale, Jessica J.

doi:10.1177/0963721412449169

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“…"; Fujita, 2011). Shifting to more abstract, higher level construals of the situation can tip the balance in favor of longer term goals because such representations facilitate extraction of goal-relevant features, whereas lower level construals accentuate proximal temptations (Fujita & Carnevale, 2012).…”

Section: Cognitive Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Control in School-Age Children

Duckworth

Gendler²,

Gross³

2014

Educational Psychologist

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Section: Cognitive Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Control in School-Age Children

Duckworth

Gendler²,

Gross³

2014

Educational Psychologist

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196

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“…Indeed, Studies 2 and 5 suggest that high verticality might enable people to delay short-term gains for larger long-term gains. Perhaps through the mechanisms outlined in control models like the reflective-impulsive model, abstract construals evoked by high verticality can enable greater self-control (see also Fujita & Carnevale, 2012).…”

Section: Construal Level and Other Correlatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognition from on high and down low: Verticality and construal level.

Slepian¹,

Masicampo²,

Ambady³

2015

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Across 7 studies, the authors examined the relationship between experiences of verticality and abstract versus concrete processing. Experiencing high, relative to low, verticality led to higher level identifications for actions (Study 1), greater willingness to delay short-term monetary gains for larger long-term monetary gains (Studies 2 and 5), and more frequent perceptions of meaningful relationships between objects and categories (Studies 3, 4, and 6), demonstrating that high verticality leads to more high-level construals. Mechanisms of these effects were explored, and the studies present evidence suggesting that mood (Studies 3 and 4), felt power (Study 4), arousal (Study 4), perceptual scope (Study 4), superficial semantic associations (Study 5), and movement (Study 5) do not mediate these effects. Instead, we found that even minimal experiences of verticality influence construal level (Study 6) and that verticality can influence construal level independent of the many plausible mediators. Furthermore, the relationship is reciprocal with abstract and concrete processing influencing the verticality of one's visual perspective (Study 7), suggesting an intimate link between construal level (abstract vs. concrete processing) and experiences of verticality.

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“…A key strategy is integrating the role of construal in resolving self-control conflicts (Fujita & Carnevale, 2012;Metcalfe & Mischel, 1999). The term 'construal' refers to people's subjective understanding of a given event.…”

Section: Agency and Values In The Self-regulation Of Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By contrast, construing the same cake as 'a fattening indulgence' should reduce those impulses and motivate restraint. Research suggests that construals of temptations that focus on their concrete consumatory features promote self-control failure, whereas construals that focus on more abstract goal-and value-relevant features promotes self-control success (Fujita & Carnevale, 2012;Metcalfe & Mischel, 1999).…”

Section: Agency and Values In The Self-regulation Of Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and pilot testing of a novel behavioral intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes using intervention mapping

Miller

Pawelczyk

Cheavens

et al. 2017

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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Purpose: A healthy diet and consistent physical activity (PA) form the foundation for effective self-management in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Behavioral interventions, which target diet and PA, can facilitate effective diabetes self-management practices. Greater clarity regarding the 'active ingredients' incorporated into behavioral interventions is needed to inform the evidence base about effective intervention techniques to advance behavioral theories and to improve clinical practice. The use of intervention mapping (IM) to develop a novel diabetes intervention to increase consumption of low glycemic index (GI) foods and to increase moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA is presented. Methods: Determinants from self-regulation and the Health Action Process Approach theoretical framework formed the foundation of the intervention. The IM taxonomy of behavior change methods and strategies from Hope Therapy (e.g. goal maps) were used to guide techniques for changing selected theoretical determinants of behavior. A pilot study of the intervention among adults with T2DM (n = 12) was conducted using a pre-/post-test design to evaluate intervention components and participant acceptability. Results: Participants attended a mean (±SD) of 8 (±1.4) of the 10 weekly 90-minute, group-based sessions. The magnitude of effect was moderate (d > 0.50) for the change in behavioral intentions, action control, and action and coping planning for engaging in PA and large (d > 0.80) for the change in action self-efficacy and action and coping planning for eating low GI foods postintervention. Conclusions: Greater emphasis on value-based decision-making, the goal mapping process, and successively progressive exercise goals should be included in future versions of the intervention. Based on pilot testing, a larger randomized controlled trial that incorporates these intervention modifications is warranted and the modified intervention has a greater likelihood for success. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Transcending Temptation Through Abstraction

Cited by 167 publications

References 22 publications

Self-Control in School-Age Children

Self-Control in School-Age Children

Cognition from on high and down low: Verticality and construal level.

Development and pilot testing of a novel behavioral intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes using intervention mapping

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