Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the distraction activities on resistance to temptation (RTT) in terms of how long activities attract subjects. The forbidden toy paradigm was used. Eighty-eight preschool children were randomly assigned to three distraction conditions and a control condition. Three distraction conditions were different in how long the activities attract subjects. Time that kept subjects attracted was longer in the Attractiveness L condition than the Attractiveness M and S conditions. Furthermore, time was longer in the Attractiveness M condition than the Attractiveness S condition. In the distraction conditions, subjects werd instructed to distract from forbidden toy by engaging in the activity during RTT. In the control condition,subjects were not given the instruction of distraction. The results indicated that the longer was time that kept subjects attracted, the greater was the effects of distraction activity on RTT.
