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  title info:
    title: Big Thoughts, Small Wants
    sub title: The Impact of Mental Construal on Impulse Strength
  name:
    name part: Berg, Logan Alison
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Lench, Heather (Heather C.)
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The way people mentally represent objects and events influences self-control; high-level construals, made up of abstract, global features, assist self-control, while low-level construals, made up of concrete, proximal features, hinder self-control. Previous research has assumed that high-level construals enhance self-control by increasing the salience of long-term goals (Fujita, Trope, Liberman, & Levin-Sagi, 2006). However, self-control is determined by not only a person's ability to override an impulse, but also the motivational force that compels the impulse (impulse strength). The current investigation examined how mental construal affects visceral and need states (e.g., hunger) that determine impulse strength and undermine self-control. It was predicted that high-level construals would diminish the subjective intensity of hunger states, while low-level construals would intensify these feelings. Overall results showed that construal level did not impact subjective hunger states, and subsequently impulse strength, however exploratory findings revealed a relationship between construal level, eating tendencies, and subjective hunger. For restricted eaters, a high-level construal (versus a low-level construal) led to greater subjective hunger. For normal eaters, a high-level construal attenuated feelings of hunger. These results were attributed to the high-level construal's influence on mood state. The current research provides a more comprehensive account of how mental construal impacts self-control and emphasizes the important role of impulse strength in self-regulation. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155302
  note: by Logan Berg.
  note: "Major Subject: Psychology"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Science Texas A & M University 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155302
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Psychology
  subject:
    topic: construal level
  subject:
    topic: impulse
  subject:
    topic: self-control
  subject:
    topic: visceral states
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155302
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 160301
    record change date: 20170928112046.0
    record identifier: in00003614143
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng