Accommodation refers to the willingness, when a partner has engaged in a po
tentially destructive behavior, to (a) inhibit impulses toward destructive
responding and (b) instead respond constructively. A pilot study and 3 addi
tional studies examined the hypothesis that self-control promotes individua
ls' ability to accommodate in response to a romantic partner's potentially
destructive behavior. Dispositional self-control was positively associated
with accommodative tendencies in all 4 investigations, In addition, Study 1
(a retrospective study) and Study 2 (a laboratory experiment) revealed tha
t "in-the-moment" self-regulatory strength depletion decreased the likeliho
od that an individual would accommodate. Finally, Study 3 demonstrated that
self-control exerted a significant effect on accommodation even after the
authors included commitment to the relationship in the model. Implications
for relationship functioning are discussed.