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Published on: April 25, 2025
Hans IJzerman1, Marija V Čolić2, Marie Hennecke3
1Department of Clinical Psychology,Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,Amsterdam 1081 BT,Amsterdam,The Netherlandsh.ijzerman@gmail.comhttp://www.hansijzerman.org.
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.
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