Self-control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self-control strategies.
desire
experience sampling
self-control
self-regulation
strategies
Journal
Journal of personality
ISSN: 1467-6494
Titre abrégé: J Pers
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985194R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
06
07
2020
accepted:
25
10
2020
pubmed:
1
11
2020
medline:
29
10
2021
entrez:
31
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
What strategies do people use to resist desires in their day-to-day life? How effective are these strategies? Do people use different strategies for different desires? This study addresses these questions using experience sampling to examine strategy use in daily life. Participants (N = 197, M Participants reported using at least one strategy 89% of the time, and more than one strategy 25% of the time. Goal reminders and promises to give in later were more likely to be used for stronger desires. People also preferred different strategies for different types of desires (e.g., eating vs. leisure vs. work, etc.). In contrast to recent theoretical predictions, we find that many strategies, including inhibition, are similarly effective and that using multiple strategies is especially effective.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
634-651Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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