SELF-REGULATORY RESOURCES AND INTERPERSONAL FUNCTIONING

改变自己的潜力和与他人相处的能力是自我的两个中心方面。尽管它们很重要，但研究人员尚未调查这两个过程之间的联系。自我调节的资源模型假设，自我调节的能力由有限的资源所支配，而这种有限的资源可能会被自我调节的需求耗尽。这项拟议的研究考察了与陌生人、新认识的人、朋友和亲密关系伙伴之间的人际功能和自我调节资源之间的联系。两个项目被提出：项目1考察自我调节枯竭对人际功能的影响。这四项研究的预期结果将证明，例如，压倒冲动或做出一系列选择会对人际关系产生负面影响。项目2考察了人际关系如何影响自我调节能力。这五项研究的预期结果将证明，人际关系过程会消耗调节能量，使人们更难进行自我控制。鉴于人们每天都在进行无数的自我调节反应，这项研究对社会人际功能下降的状态(如离婚、人际暴力)具有重要影响。

The potential to change oneself and the ability to relate to others are two central facets of the self. Despite their importance, researchers have not investigated the link between these two processes. The resource model of self-regulation posits that the ability to self-regulate is governed by a limited resource that can be depleted by self-regulatory demands. The proposed studies examine the link between interpersonal functioning and self-regulatory resources with strangers, new acquaintances, friends, and intimate relationship partners. Two projects are proposed: Project 1 examines the effect of self-regulatory depletion on interpersonal functioning. The expected results of these four studies will demonstrate that, for example, overriding impulses or making a series of choices can negatively affect interpersonal relationships. Project 2 examines how interpersonal processes affect ability to self-regulate. The expected results from these five studies will demonstrate that interpersonal processes consume regulatory energy, leaving people less able to engage in self-control. Given that people engage in myriad self-regulatory responses every day, this research has important implications for the declining state of society's interpersonal functioning (e.g., divorce, interpersonal violence).