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Energized by Television: Familiar Fictional Worlds Restore Self-Control
- The current research examines...the possibility that people seek a social surrogate when depleted, and that seeking social surrogacy restores self-control.
- One experiment (Study 1) and one daily diary (Study 2) demonstrate that people seek familiar fictional worlds (e.g., a favorite television program) after exerting effortful self-control.
- Moreover, immersion in this familiar fictional world restores self-control.
- Supplementary analyses suggest that it is the social nature of this familiar fictional world that contributes to restoration.
(Derrick, 2013). Social Psychological and Personality Science.
