Blair Saunders
Biographic Data
| ID | 3863871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blair Saunders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blair |
| FAMILY NAME | Saunders |
| SIGNATURE | SAUNDERS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7102-2678 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Resistance: Understanding Trait Self-Control Through Strategic Indulgence
Trait self-control is often equated with resistance, leaving open whether it also involves domain-general conflict minimization and the strategic indulgence of low-conflict desires. We reanalyzed four ambulatory assessment datasets ( N = 559 participants with 32,049 measurement occasions) to test whether these mechanisms explain the well-being benefits of trait self-control. Results showed that individuals high in self-control experienced fewer d…
Training self-regulation to promote healthy eating: Evidence from a longitudinal intervention study
Previous theorizing suggests that self-regulatory strategies in the appetitive domain may be variably effective, but few studies have directly examined the causal impact these strategies may have in altering daily eating behaviors. Participants (N = 360) were trained to use one of two classes of regulatory strategies-situation-based strategies or cognitive reappraisal-and were instructed to apply these strategies to either healthy or unhealthy fo…
Some habits are more work than others: Deliberate self‐regulation strategy use increases with behavioral complexity, even for established habits
OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that complex behaviors are commonly supported by self-regulation strategies, even when those behaviors are supported by strong instigation habits. BACKGROUND: Goal-directed and habit-mediated processes arise from separable systems that have been suggested to seldomly interact. RESULTS: Self-regulation strategy use was lower for habitually instigated simple behaviors compared to nonhabitually instigated simple b…
Self‐control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self‐control strategies
OBJECTIVE: What strategies do people use to resist desires in their day-to-day life? How effective are these strategies? Do people use different strategies for different desires? This study addresses these questions using experience sampling to examine strategy use in daily life. METHOD: = 20.4, 63% female) reported on their use of six specific strategies (situation modification, distraction, reminding self of goals, promise to give in later, rem…
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network
Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in psychological science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings or populations. Crowdsourced research, a type of large-scale collaboration in which one or more research projects are conducted across multiple lab sites, offers a pragmatic solution t…
Emotion down-regulation diminishes cognitive control: A neurophysiological investigation
Traditional models of cognitive control have explained performance monitoring as a "cold" cognitive process, devoid of emotion. In contrast to this dominant view, a growing body of clinical and experimental research indicates that cognitive control and its neural substrates, in particular the error-related negativity (ERN), are moderated by affective and motivational factors, reflecting the aversive experience of response conflict and errors. To …
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Emotion down-regulation diminishes cognitive control: A neurophysiological investigation
Traditional models of cognitive control have explained performance monitoring as a "cold" cognitive process, devoid of emotion. In contrast to this dominant view, a growing body of clinical and experimental research indicates that cognitive control and its neural substrates, in particular the error-related negativity (ERN), are moderated by affective and motivational factors, reflecting the aversive experience of response conflict and errors. To …
The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network
Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in psychological science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings or populations. Crowdsourced research, a type of large-scale collaboration in which one or more research projects are conducted across multiple lab sites, offers a pragmatic solution t…
Self‐control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self‐control strategies
OBJECTIVE: What strategies do people use to resist desires in their day-to-day life? How effective are these strategies? Do people use different strategies for different desires? This study addresses these questions using experience sampling to examine strategy use in daily life. METHOD: = 20.4, 63% female) reported on their use of six specific strategies (situation modification, distraction, reminding self of goals, promise to give in later, rem…
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Some habits are more work than others: Deliberate self‐regulation strategy use increases with behavioral complexity, even for established habits
OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that complex behaviors are commonly supported by self-regulation strategies, even when those behaviors are supported by strong instigation habits. BACKGROUND: Goal-directed and habit-mediated processes arise from separable systems that have been suggested to seldomly interact. RESULTS: Self-regulation strategy use was lower for habitually instigated simple behaviors compared to nonhabitually instigated simple b…
Beyond Resistance: Understanding Trait Self-Control Through Strategic Indulgence
Trait self-control is often equated with resistance, leaving open whether it also involves domain-general conflict minimization and the strategic indulgence of low-conflict desires. We reanalyzed four ambulatory assessment datasets ( N = 559 participants with 32,049 measurement occasions) to test whether these mechanisms explain the well-being benefits of trait self-control. Results showed that individuals high in self-control experienced fewer d…
Training self-regulation to promote healthy eating: Evidence from a longitudinal intervention study
Previous theorizing suggests that self-regulatory strategies in the appetitive domain may be variably effective, but few studies have directly examined the causal impact these strategies may have in altering daily eating behaviors. Participants (N = 360) were trained to use one of two classes of regulatory strategies-situation-based strategies or cognitive reappraisal-and were instructed to apply these strategies to either healthy or unhealthy fo…
Psychology (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (2 works) · Self-control (2 works)