Is There a Downside to Good Self-control?

By Roy F. Baumeister, J. Alquist. 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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What’s So Great About Self-Control? Examining the Importance of Effortful Self-Control and Temptation in Predicting Real-Life Depletion and Goal Attainment (2015, background): “While prior research has shown immediate effects of depletion (primarily on further selfcontrol and performance; see Baumeister & Alquist, 2009 for a review), the long-term effects of experiencing greater dayto-day depletion have not been investigated.”
Strength Model of Self-Regulation as Limited Resource: Assessment, Controversies, Update (2016, background): “(Over the years, we have informally heard many researchers and theorists propose negative effects of self-control or speculate that they must exist, but published evidence for the downside of self-control remains scarce; see Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; Koval, vanDellen, Fitzsimons, & Ranby, 2015.)”
Effortless Self‐Control: A Novel Perspective on Response Conflict Strategies in Trait Self‐Control (2015, background): “…between automatic, habitual behaviors and self-control suggests that high trait self-control is associated with more adaptive habits, which might be because high trait self-controllers are better at automatizing behavior (Adriaanse et al., 2014; Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; De Ridder et al., 2012).”
Exploring the Interplay of Trait Self–Control and Ego Depletion: Empirical Evidence for Ironic Effects (2014, result): “Thus, our findings clearly do not invalidate the plethora of general findings providing support for positive effects of TSC (Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; Tangney et al., 2004).”
Control me or I will control you: Impulses, trait self-control, and the guidance of behavior (2009, background): “The positive consequences of good self-control abilities are so captivating that some authors even propose that one can never have too much of it—one can only use it in unfavorable ways (Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; Tangney et al., 2004).”
Taking Stock of Self-Control (2011, background): “…effortlessly and without conscious attention or conscious control, suggesting that people with high self-control are good at automatizing their behavior (Baumeister & Alquist, 2009) regardless of whether it relates to doing what they want to do or not doing what they are supposed to inhibit.”
A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect (2016, background): “…poor self-control is associated with many maladaptive outcomes including poor health, financial instability, dysfunctional social relationships, and susceptibility to drug abuse and crime (Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1994; Wills, Isasi, Mendoza, & Ainette, 2007).”
Whatever Happened to Self-Control? A Proposal for Integrating Notions From Trait Self-Control Studies Into State Self-Control Research (2017, unknown): “First, in line with the notion that trait self-control may be characterized by the increased ability to make behavior automatic (Baumeister & Alquist, 2009; de Ridder et al., 2012), several studies have demonstrated that the effects of trait selfcontrol on behavior are mediated by habits…”