ABSTRACT
The exertion of self-control is critical in various spheres in life as it captures the effortful inhibition of impulses and forms a crucial part of executive functioning processes involved in strategic planning, engaging in high-effort thinking, and actively making choices and decisions (Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Muraven, & Tice, 1998). Hence, self-control is the conscious, deliberate, and reflective component of self-regulation that brings our actions in line with enduring values and expectations to pursue long-term goals (Wagner & Heatherton, 2015). High self-control is effortful in that it may involve reflective and propositional reasoning, calculated decision-making, and actively monitoring and – if needed – correcting one’s behavior (Kotabe & Hofmann, 2015).
