Motivation in a Social World: Interpersonal Influences on Self-Regulatory Processes

[...]Ackerman takes the perspective of the observer, and explores how perceiving another person's use of self-control affects personal self-regulatory efforts. [...]vanDellen and colleagues investigate the strategies used by successful self-regulators to navigate the social environment. Confess...

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Main Author: Etkin, Jordan
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
College students
Confessions
Licenses
Motivation
Regression analysis
Regulation
Self control
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Summary:[...]Ackerman takes the perspective of the observer, and explores how perceiving another person's use of self-control affects personal self-regulatory efforts. [...]vanDellen and colleagues investigate the strategies used by successful self-regulators to navigate the social environment. Confession is a common religious practice, an integral part of addiction recovery programs, a regular part of law enforcement, and a popular topic of tabloids and daytime talk shows. A linear regression showed a significant interaction between guilt and confession on health-related behaviors, such that confessing high-guilt indiscretions led to better health-related behavior relative to the control condition, whereas confessing low-guilt indiscretions undermined future health-related behavior relative to the control condition (ß = .650,
ISSN:0098-9258