Motivation, personal beliefs, and limited resources all contribute to self-control

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‘The Ostrich Problem’: motivated avoidance or rejection of information about goal progress (2013, background): “While there is debate over the mechanisms responsible for this effect (e.g., Inzlicht & Schmeichel, 2012; Molden et al., 2012; Vohs et al., 2012), it is clear that depleted people are less willing or able to deal with self-control dilemmas (Hagger et al.”
Modeling the interplay between affect and deliberation. (2015, background): “For instance, Vohs and Heatherton (2000) investigated how willpower depletion affects the amount of ice cream people eat when asked to taste and rate three flavors.”
Psychological characteristics and household savings behavior: The importance of accounting for latent heterogeneity (2018, background): “Self-control is the process of selfregulation in contexts involving a clear trade-off between long-term interests and immediate gratification (Bernheim et al., 2015; Thaler and Shefrin, 1981; Vohs et al., 2012).”