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Does distance from the equator predict self-control? Lessons from the Human Penguin Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Hans IJzerman ,
Marija V. Čolić ,
Marie Hennecke ,
Youngki Hong ,
Chuan-Peng Hu ,
Jennifer Joy-Gaba ,
Dušanka Lazarević ,
Ljiljana B. Lazarević ,
Michal Parzuchowski  and
Kyle G. Ratner
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Hans IJzerman
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsh.ijzerman@gmail.comhttp://www.hansijzerman.org
Marija V. Čolić
Affiliation:
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 11030, Serbiamrjcolic@gmail.comdusanka.lazarevic@fsfv.bg.ac.rs
Marie Hennecke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich 8050, Switzerlandm.hennecke@psychologie.uzh.ch
Youngki Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; youngki.hong@psych.ucsb.edukyle.ratner@psych.ucsb.eduhttps://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/ratner/kyle/principal-investigator.html
Chuan-Peng Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, Chinahcp4715@gmail.com
Jennifer Joy-Gaba
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2018; jjoygaba@vcu.eduhttp://www.jenniferjoygaba.com/
Dušanka Lazarević
Affiliation:
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 11030, Serbiamrjcolic@gmail.comdusanka.lazarevic@fsfv.bg.ac.rs
Ljiljana B. Lazarević
Affiliation:
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 11000, Serbialjiljana.lazarevic@f.bg.ac.rsdarkostojilovic@gmail.com
Michal Parzuchowski
Affiliation:
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Campus in Sopot, Sopot 81-745, Polandmparzuchowski@swps.edu.pl
Kyle G. Ratner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; youngki.hong@psych.ucsb.edukyle.ratner@psych.ucsb.eduhttps://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/ratner/kyle/principal-investigator.html
Thomas Schubert
Affiliation:
University of Oslo, Department of Psychology, Oslo 0317, Norwaythomas.schubert@psykologi.uio.nohttp://kamamutalab.org/
Astrid Schütz
Affiliation:
Fakultät Humanwissenschaften, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg D-96045, Germanyastrid.schuetz@uni-bamberg.de
Darko Stojilović
Affiliation:
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 11000, Serbialjiljana.lazarevic@f.bg.ac.rsdarkostojilovic@gmail.com
Sophia C. Weissgerber
Affiliation:
Institut für Psychology, Universität Kassel, Kassel 34127, Germanyscweissgerber@uni-kassel.de
Janis Zickfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo 0317, Norwayj.h.zickfeld@psykologi.uio.no
Siegwart Lindenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology (ICS), University of Groningen, Groningen 9712 TG, The Netherlandss.m.lindenberg@rug.nl Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research (TIBER), Tilburg University, Tilburg 5037 AB, The Netherlands
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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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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e86
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