TY - JOUR
T1 - Social dilemmas
T2 - When self-control benefits cooperation
AU - Martinsson, Peter
AU - Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.
AU - Wollbrant, Conny
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Individuals in a social dilemma may experience a self-control conflict between urges to act selfishly and their better judgment to cooperate. Pairing a public goods game with a subtle framing technique, we test whether perception of self-control conflict strengthens the association between self-control and cooperation. Consistent with our hypothesis, cooperative behavior is positively associated with self-control in the treatment that raised the relative likelihood of perceiving conflict, but not associated with self-control in the treatment that lowered the likelihood. These results indicate that it is important to understand the role of self-control in cooperation.
AB - Individuals in a social dilemma may experience a self-control conflict between urges to act selfishly and their better judgment to cooperate. Pairing a public goods game with a subtle framing technique, we test whether perception of self-control conflict strengthens the association between self-control and cooperation. Consistent with our hypothesis, cooperative behavior is positively associated with self-control in the treatment that raised the relative likelihood of perceiving conflict, but not associated with self-control in the treatment that lowered the likelihood. These results indicate that it is important to understand the role of self-control in cooperation.
KW - Cooperation
KW - Pro-social behavior
KW - Public good experiment
KW - Self-control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84911067115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.joep.2014.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.joep.2014.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84911067115
SN - 0167-4870
VL - 45
SP - 213
EP - 236
JO - Journal of Economic Psychology
JF - Journal of Economic Psychology
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