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This research first suggests that full exploration of the relationship between self-control and hyperopia offers fertile ground for future research. As noted, all but one sample showed a nonsignificant relationship between self-control and hyperopia. However, a meta-analysis using all samples (np 886) reveals a small but significant negative correlation between the two constructs (Rosenthal and Rosnow 1991). While a conclusive statement that hyperopia and self-control are inversely correlated is not clearly warranted, future research should further pursue this relationship. Furthermore, if self-control and hyperopia are distinct personality traits as the present data suggest, various combinations of hyperopia and self-control may exist across consumers. Future work may undertake systematic research exploring various combinations of the two traits and their outcomes. Also, future research may explore the extent to which hyperopia can be temporarily invoked beyond trait differences, as has been established in prior investigations of self-control (Mukhopadhyay and Johar 2005). Priming consumers to value long-term goals and denigrate luxury may successfully alter hyperopic tendencies temporarily. However, for the consumer with low trait-level hyperopia, such a situational manipulation may also generate patterns of reactance that warrant deeper investigation.