Construal levels and self-control.

Construing Morality at High versus Low Levels Induces Better Self-control, Leading to Moral Acts

Human morality entails a typical self-control dilemma in which one must conform to moral rules or socially desirable norms while exerting control over amoral, selfish impulses. Extant research regarding the connection between self-control and level of construal suggest that, compared with a low-level, concrete construal (highlighting means and resources, e.g., answering 'how' questions), a high...

We blame innocent victims more than I do: self-construal level moderates responses to just-world threats.

This study investigated the impact of self-construal levels on people's tendency to blame innocent victims for the victims' fates. The authors hypothesized that when the belief in a just world is threatened, social self-construal is associated with more victim blaming than individual self-construal is. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were primed with either the individual self (with the wo...

RUNNING HEAD: Levels and Self-Control Construal Levels and Self-Control

We propose that self-control involves making decisions and behaving in a manner consistent with high level, as compared to low level, construals of a situation. Activation of high level construals (which capture global, superordinate, primary features of an event) should lead to greater self-control than activation of low level construals (which capture local, subordinate, secondary features). ...

The Relationship between Self-Perception and External Factors: Self-Efficacy and Self- Construals

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Effects of Construal Levels and Self-control Strength in Effortful Cycling Exercise