Enacting rituals to improve self-control.
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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 exam…
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- Authors
- Tian, A. D., Schroeder, J., Häubl, G., Risen, J. L., Norton, M. I., & Gino, F.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (CN)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 851-876
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2803837380
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 146
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 7.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Status
- Retracted
- Update notices
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Canada Research Chairs program
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Killam Research Fund
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71602150 and 71532011)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Keywords
- ritual, behavioral self-control, self-control, food choice, energy intake, healthy eating, prosocial decision-making, self-control conflict, behavioral interventions
- MeSH terms
- Self-Control, Adolescent, Adult, Energy Intake, Ceremonial Behavior, Feeding Behavior, Female, Goals, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Weight Loss, Intention, Young Adult, Mindfulness, Delay Discounting
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