Beyond Resistance: Understanding Trait Self-Control Through Strategic Indulgence
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on February 27, 2026
Abstract
Social Psychological and Personality Science, Ahead of Print.
Trait self-control is often equated with resistance, leaving open whether it also involves domain-generalconflict minimizationand thestrategic indulgenceof low-conflict desires. We reanalyzed four ambulatory assessment datasets (N= 559 participants ...
Trait self-control is often equated with resistance, leaving open whether it also involves domain-generalconflict minimizationand thestrategic indulgenceof low-conflict desires. We reanalyzed four ambulatory assessment datasets (N= 559 participants ...