Believe in your self-control: lay theories of self-control and their downstream effects
Believe in your self-control: lay theories of self-control and their downstream effects
Self-control is the ability to inhibit temptations and persist in one's decisions about what to do. In this article, we review recent evidence that suggests implicit beliefs about the process of self-control influence how the process operates. While earlier work focused on the moderating influence of willpower beliefs on depletion effects, we survey new directions in the field that emphasize how beliefs about the nature of self-control, self-control strategies, and their effectiveness have effects on downstream regulation and judgment. These new directions highlight the need to better understand the role of self-control beliefs in naturalistic decision-making.
Cognitive reappraisal, Distraction, Ego depletion, Self-control strategies, Willpower beliefs
Bermúdez, Juan Pablo
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Murray, Samuel
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December 2024
Bermúdez, Juan Pablo
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Murray, Samuel
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Bermúdez, Juan Pablo and Murray, Samuel
(2024)
Believe in your self-control: lay theories of self-control and their downstream effects.
Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, [101879].
(doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101879).
Abstract
Self-control is the ability to inhibit temptations and persist in one's decisions about what to do. In this article, we review recent evidence that suggests implicit beliefs about the process of self-control influence how the process operates. While earlier work focused on the moderating influence of willpower beliefs on depletion effects, we survey new directions in the field that emphasize how beliefs about the nature of self-control, self-control strategies, and their effectiveness have effects on downstream regulation and judgment. These new directions highlight the need to better understand the role of self-control beliefs in naturalistic decision-making.
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 September 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 September 2024
Published date: December 2024
Keywords:
Cognitive reappraisal, Distraction, Ego depletion, Self-control strategies, Willpower beliefs
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/495374
ISSN: 2352-250X
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Juan Pablo Bermúdez
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Samuel Murray
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