Enacting effortful self-control depletes a finite resource, leaving less self-control available for
subsequent effortful tasks. Positive social interaction can restore self-control, but hurtful or
effortful social interaction depletes self-control. Given this conflict, people might seek an
alternative to social interaction to restore self-control. The current research examines social
surrogate restoration—the possibility that people seek a social surrogate when depleted,
and that seeking social surrogacy restores self-control. One experiment (Study 1) and one …