Forecasting emotions: exploring the relationship between self-control, affective forecasting, and self-regulatory behavior

Camilla Strömbäck ()
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Camilla Strömbäck: Linköping University

Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2024, vol. 10, issue 2, No 17, 472-484

Abstract: Abstract Empirical evidence has shown that people with better self-control to a greater extent have the self-regulatory ability to act in line with their long-term goals. In this pre-registered study, the relationship between self-control and self-regulatory behavior was investigated both directly and indirectly, i.e., through affective forecasting ability. This is of great interest as it is necessary to be able to forecast one’s emotional response to future events in order to make choices that maximize one’s happiness. However, in a laboratory experiment with undergraduate students, I found no evidence of self-control being associated with affective forecasting ability, or that people with better self-control more often acted in a way that maximized their expected happiness.

Keywords: Self-control; Affective forecasting; Self-regulation; Intertemporal choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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