| Summary: | Choosing for the self depletes self-regulatory resources, impairing the ability to
exert self-control subsequently (Vohs, Baumeister, Twenge et al., 2005). The current
study examined the effect of choosing for others. Because people with interdependent
self-construals privilege interpersonal relationships, Asian-Canadians, but not
European-Canadians, were expected to experience greater depletion after choosing for
others than after choosing for the self, relative to not making choices. Participants made
paint color choices from over 200 options while imagining redecorating a room for self
or other. Control condition participants simply perused the same options. Persistence
on a subsequent math task indexed depletion. A s predicted, European-Canadians
choosing for self persisted less than those in the other two conditions. Unexpectedly,
Asian-Canadians' persistence was unaffected by the manipulation. === Arts, Faculty of === Psychology, Department of === Graduate
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