Social Emotions and Intertemporal Choice: "Hot" Mechanisms for Building Social and Economic Capital Export

@article{citeulike:6074091, abstract = {ABSTRACT2014Individuals regularly confront situations in which acceptance of short-term costs may lead to long-term gains. Given that individuals frequently discount the utility of future benefits with respect to more immediate ones, successfully solving such intertemporal choice dilemmas has been theorized to involve self-regulation aimed at controlling emotional responses that are sensitive to immediate rewards. In this article, I argue for a more multifaceted view of the role played by emotions in intertemporal choice. In support of this view, I review emerging evidence demonstrating the ability of specific, socially oriented emotions to facilitate behaviors designed to build social and economic capital in the long run.}, address = {Northeastern University}, author = {DeSteno, David}, citeulike-article-id = {6074091}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122671428/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x}, issn = {1467-8721}, journal = {Current Directions in Psychological Science}, keywords = {micro-level, self-regulation, social\_capital, social\_emotions, time}, number = {5}, pages = {280--284}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 12:28:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Social Emotions and Intertemporal Choice: "Hot" Mechanisms for Building Social and Economic Capital}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x}, volume = {18}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6074091 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6074091 N2 - ABSTRACT2014Individuals regularly confront situations in which acceptance of short-term costs may lead to long-term gains. Given that individuals frequently discount the utility of future benefits with respect to more immediate ones, successfully solving such intertemporal choice dilemmas has been theorized to involve self-regulation aimed at controlling emotional responses that are sensitive to immediate rewards. In this article, I argue for a more multifaceted view of the role played by emotions in intertemporal choice. In support of this view, I review emerging evidence demonstrating the ability of specific, socially oriented emotions to facilitate behaviors designed to build social and economic capital in the long run. IS - 5 JF - Current Directions in Psychological Science SN - 1467-8721 AD - Northeastern University EP - 284 TI - Social Emotions and Intertemporal Choice: "Hot" Mechanisms for Building Social and Economic Capital VL - 18 SP - 280 KW - micro-level KW - self-regulation KW - social_capital KW - social_emotions KW - time AU - DeSteno, David PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x ER -