Self-Regulation in Interpersonal Relationships 1 Self-Regulation in Interpersonal Relationships: The Case of Action versus State Orientation Sander L. Koole Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Julius Kuhl University of Osnabrück Nils B. Jostmann Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Catrin Finkenauer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Draft: September 13, 2005 Intended for K. D. Vohs, & E. J. Finkel (Eds.), Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes: How they relate. New York: Guilford. Sander Koole, Department of Social Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email may be sent to SL.Koole@psy.vu.nl. This research was facilitated by an Innovation Grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to Sander Koole.