Systematic variation of the wording of the self-regulation strategy (plan) in Study 1
| Strategy content | ||
|---|---|---|
| Condition and strategy wording | If-then format | Useful strategy |
| Implementation intention: “whenever we want to put something in our shopping cart, then we will take only what we really need” | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strategy-control: “we will only put things in our shopping cart that we really need” | – | ✓ |
| If-then-control: “whenever we want something that we really need, then we will put it in our shopping cart” | ✓ | – |
| Strategy content | ||
|---|---|---|
| Condition and strategy wording | If-then format | Useful strategy |
| Implementation intention: | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strategy-control: | – | ✓ |
| If-then-control: | ✓ | – |