Stumbled upon an article that uses construal level theory to explain self control (or lack thereof). The abstract:
Self-control failure is a ubiquitous and troubling problem people face. This article reviews psychological models of self-control and describes a new integrative approach based on construal level theory (e.g., Trope & Liberman, 2003). This construal-level perspective proposes that people’s subjective mental construals or representations of events impacts self-control. Specifically, more abstract, global (high-level) construals promote self-control success, whereas more concrete, local (low-level) construals tend to lead to self-control failure. That is, self-control is promoted when people see the proverbial forest beyond the trees. This article surveys research findings that demonstrate that construing events at high-level versus low-level construals promotes self-control. This article also discusses how a construal-level perspective promotes understanding of self-control failures.
Another self-control article here%20construal%20levels%20and%20self%20control.pdf) coauthored by the same author + the creator of CLT.
Stumbled upon an article that uses construal level theory to explain self control (or lack thereof). The abstract:
Another self-control article here%20construal%20levels%20and%20self%20control.pdf) coauthored by the same author + the creator of CLT.
You need to escape the close parenthesis with a backslash, as so: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/trope/(2006\)%20construal%20levels%20and%20self%20control.pdf%20construal%20levels%20and%20self%20control.pdf)