Engaging in prosocial behavior explains how high self-control relates to more life satisfaction: Evidence from three Chinese samples.

High levels of self-control are found to be associated with greater life satisfaction. To further understand this relationship, the current study examined two questions: (1) whether too much self-control reduces, rather than increases, life satisfaction, as argued by some scholars; and (2) whether e...

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Main Authors: Kai Dou, Jian-Bin Li, Yu-Jie Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Zi-Qin Liang, Yan-Gang Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223169