… Leith and Baumeister did, however, replicate the greater processing among sad participants…
processing with bad moods, Leith and Baumeister still found that bad was stronger than …

… (2004) Self-Control Scale (11 items; eg, “I think that the other participant has a hard time
breaking bad habits”; Finkenauer, Engels, & Baumeister, 2005; α = .88) was used as well as …

… that it is beneficial for a large range of behaviors, (c) that it is a conscious and effortful form of
regulating … Catrin Finkenauer’s contribution was supported by a grant from the Netherlands …

The greater power of bad events over good ones is found in everyday events, major life
events (eg, trauma), close relationship outcomes, social network patterns, interpersonal …

Six experiments showed that being excluded or rejected caused decrements in self-regulation.
In Experiment 1, participants who were led to anticipate a lonely future life were less able …

The ability of the self to alter its own responses, including thoughts, emotions, impulsive
behaviors, and performances, is powerfully adaptive, and failures of selfcontrol contribute to …

Imagine sitting alone in a room and in front of you is a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip
cookies and a bowl of raw radishes. You are instructed to ignore the cookies and to eat the …

… In contrast, Baumeister (2005) proposes that we also attend to evolutionary differences and
cultural similarities. That is, in what sense are humans different from other animals, and in …

Given assertions of the theoretical, empirical, and practical importance of self-control, this
meta-analytic study sought to review evidence concerning the relationship between …

… Baumeister reflects on his distinguished career as an eminent scholar in the field of self-…
of the scientific field, the book charts Baumeister’s development as one of the pioneers of study …