IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/jconrs/doi10.1086-659377.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Grapes of Wrath: The Angry Effects of Self-Control

Author

Listed:
  • David Gal
  • Wendy Liu

Abstract

Prior research has shown that exerting self-control can lead to increased aggression. In the present research, we find that exerting self-control is associated with angry behavior more broadly. In particular, using a "matched-choice paradigm," we find that after exerting self-control people exhibit increased preference for anger-themed content, greater interest in faces exhibiting anger, greater endorsement of anger-framed appeals, and greater irritation to others' attempts to control their behavior. We speculate on the possible mechanisms underlying these effects and discuss the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of this research.

Suggested Citation

  • David Gal & Wendy Liu, 2011. "Grapes of Wrath: The Angry Effects of Self-Control," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 38(3), pages 445-458.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:doi:10.1086/659377
    DOI: 10.1086/659377
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/659377
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/659377
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1086/659377?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Peggy J. Liu & Kelly L. Haws & Karen Scherr & Joseph P. Redden & James R. Bettman & Gavan J. Fitzsimons, 2019. "The Primacy of “What” over “How Much”: How Type and Quantity Shape Healthiness Perceptions of Food Portions," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(7), pages 3353-3381, July.
    2. James W. Peltier & Andrew J. Dahl & John E. Schibrowsky, 2016. "Sequential loss of self-control: Exploring the antecedents and consequences of student credit card debt," Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 21(3), pages 167-181, September.
    3. Aner Sela & Jonah Berger & Joshua Kim & Gita JoharEditor & Leonard LeeAssociate Editor, 2017. "How Self-Control Shapes the Meaning of Choice," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 44(4), pages 724-737.
    4. Sang Kyu Park & Aner Sela & Amna Kirmani & Cait Lamberton, 2020. "Product Lineups: The More You Search, The Less You Find [Interaction Terms in Logit and Probit Models]," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 47(1), pages 40-55.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:doi:10.1086/659377. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://academic.oup.com/jcr .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.