Situational cues in thoughts about the future: Relationships with self-reported and actual self-regulation success
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-10-2023
Publication Title
Social Psychology, 54(3), 151-167.
Abstract
Abstract: Based on stimulus–response learning accounts, we argue that including situational cues in thought about intended actions is an important aspect of self-regulation success in general and in successfully implementing delayed intentions. Accordingly, in Study 1 (N = 328), we replicate a previous study and show a positive relationship between the self-reported inclusion of situational cues in thoughts about intended actions and beliefs of self-regulation success. In Study 2 (N = 136), we find a similar tendency when measuring self-regulation success with an assigned task to be completed within one week. Our results fit with if-then planning perspectives on how to facilitate novel behavior and recent perspectives that attribute self-regulation success to beneficial habits.
Recommended Citation
Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J. PhD; Mikkola Kristiansen, Ingar; and Martiny-Huenger, Torsten, "Situational cues in thoughts about the future: Relationships with self-reported and actual self-regulation success" (2023). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 31.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/usm-faculty-and-staff-scholarship/31
