Laura Quinten, Anja Carina Murmann, Hanna A. Genau, R. Warkentin, R. Banse
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摘要
增强人们的未来取向,特别是与未来自我的连续性,被认为有助于缓解与自我控制相关的问题行为。在两项预先注册的直接复制研究中,我们测试了一种微妙的操作,即给未来的自己写一封信,以减少拖欠的决定(van Gelder et al.,2013,研究1)和风险投资(Monroe et al.,2017,研究1)。对于n=314和n=463的样本,这是原始研究样本量的2.5倍,结果表明,预期影响要么不存在,要么比原始报告的要小,和/或取决于未检查的因素。研究2中成功地操纵了未来自我的生动性,但操纵检查总体上表明,字母任务不可靠,无法改变未来的方向。我们讨论了整合自我肯定方法的想法,并在具有严重近视相关自我控制缺陷的样本中测试不那么微妙的操作。
Letters to our Future Selves? High-Powered Replication Attempts Question Effects on Future Orientation, Delinquent Decisions, and Risky Investments
Enhancing people's future orientation, in particular continuity with their future selves, has been proposed as promising to mitigate self-control–related problem behavior. In two pre-registered, direct replication studies, we tested a subtle manipulation, that is, writing a letter to one's future self, in order to reduce delinquent decisions (van Gelder et al., 2013, Study 1) and risky investments (Monroe et al., 2017, Study 1). With samples of n = 314 and n = 463, which is 2.5 times the original studies' sample sizes, the results suggested that the expected effects are either non-existent or smaller than originally reported, and/or dependent on factors not examined. Vividness of the future self was successfully manipulated in Study 2, but manipulation checks overall indicated that the letter task is not reliable to alter future orientation. We discuss ideas to integrate self-affirmation approaches and to test less subtle manipulations in samples with substantial, myopia-related self-control deficits.
期刊介绍:
An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.