Table 1. Systematic variation of the...

Table 1.

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:“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 cartthat we really need”	–	✓
If-then-control:“whenever we want something that we really need,then we will put it in our shopping cart”	✓	–