Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-Control

doi:10.1037/pspa0000113

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	Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-Control
	Tian, Allen Ding 1,2; Schroeder, Juliana 3; Haubl, Gerald 4; Risen, Jane L.5; Norton, Michael I.6; Gino, Francesca 7
刊名	JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
	2018-06
卷号	114 期号:6 页码:851-876
关键词	rituals self-regulation self-control health prosociality
ISSN号	0022-3514
DOI	10.1037/pspa0000113
英文摘要	Rituals are predefined sequences of actions characterized by rigidity and repetition. We propose that enacting ritualized actions can enhance subjective feelings of self-discipline, such that rituals can be harnessed to improve behavioral self-control. We test this hypothesis in 6 experiments. A field experiment showed that engaging in a pre-eating ritual over a 5-day period helped participants reduce calorie intake (Experiment 1). Pairing a ritual with healthy eating behavior increased the likelihood of choosing healthy food in a subsequent decision (Experiment 2), and enacting a ritual before a food choice (i.e., without being integrated into the consumption process) promoted the choice of healthy food over unhealthy food (Experiments 3a and 3b). The positive effect of rituals on self-control held even when a set of ritualized gestures were not explicitly labeled as a ritual, and in other domains of behavioral self-control (i.e., prosocial decision-making; Experiments 4 and 5). Furthermore, Experiments 3a, 3b, 4, and 5 provided evidence for the psychological process underlying the effectiveness of rituals: heightened feelings of self-discipline. Finally, Experiment 5 showed that the absence of a self-control conflict eliminated the effect of rituals on behavior, demonstrating that rituals affect behavioral self-control specifically because they alter responses to self-control conflicts. We conclude by briefly describing the results of a number of additional experiments examining rituals in other self-control domains. Our body of evidence suggests that rituals can have beneficial consequences for self-control.
WOS研究方向	Psychology
语种	英语
出版者	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
WOS记录号	WOS:000432379700001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/623]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Tian, Allen Ding
作者单位	1.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Coll Business, Dept Mkt, 777 Guoding Rd, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China; 2.Wuhan Univ, Econ & Management Sch, Dept Mkt & Tourism Management, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Calif Berkeley, Haas Sch Business, Management Org Dept, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA; 4.Univ Alberta, Alberta Sch Business, Dept Mkt Business Econ & Law, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 5.Univ Chicago, Booth Sch Business, Dept Behav Sci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 6.Harvard Univ, Harvard Business Sch, Mkt Unit, Boston, MA 02115 USA; 7.Harvard Univ, Harvard Business Sch, Negotiat Org & Markets Unit, Boston, MA 02115 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tian, Allen Ding,Schroeder, Juliana,Haubl, Gerald,et al. Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-Control[J]. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2018,114(6):851-876.
APA	Tian, Allen Ding,Schroeder, Juliana,Haubl, Gerald,Risen, Jane L.,Norton, Michael I.,&Gino, Francesca.(2018).Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-Control.JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,114(6),851-876.
MLA	Tian, Allen Ding,et al."Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-Control".JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 114.6(2018):851-876.