Does distance from the equator predict self-control? Lessons from the Human Penguin Project. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: IJzerman, Hans; Čolić, Marija V.; Hennecke, Marie; Hong, Youngki; Hu, Chuan-Peng; Joy-Gaba, Jennifer; Lazarević, Dušanka; Lazarević, Ljiljana B.; Parzuchowski, Michal; Ratner, Kyle G.; Schubert, Thomas; Schütz, Astrid; Stojilović, Darko; Weissgerber, Sophia C.; Zickfeld, Janis; Lindenberg, Siegwart
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001035
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: We comment on the proposition "that lower temperatures and especially greater seasonal variation in temperature call for individuals and societies to adopt … a greater degree of self-control" (Van Lange et al., sect. 3, para. 4) for which we cannot find empirical support in a large data set with data-driven analyses. After providing greater nuance in our theoretical review, we suggest that Van Lange et al. revisit their model with an eye toward the social determinants of self-control.