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Self-control as a personality trait
Known as:
Self-Control
, Regulation, Self
, Control, Self
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An individual's ability to manage and monitor their emotions, behaviors, and desires in the face of external demands in order to function in society.
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2020
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2020
Social cognitive theory: an agentic perspective.
A. Bandura
Annual Review of Psychology
2020
Corpus ID: 11573665
The capacity to exercise control over the nature and quality of one's life is the essence of humanness. Human agency is…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Motivational beliefs, values, and goals.
J. Eccles
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Allan Wigfield
Annual Review of Psychology
2002
Corpus ID: 7964637
This chapter reviews the recent research on motivation, beliefs, values, and goals, focusing on developmental and educational…
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
R. Ryan
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E. Deci
American Psychologist
2000
Corpus ID: 1887672
Human beings can be proactive and engaged or, alternatively, passive and alienated, largely as a function of the social…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions.
Ryan
,
Deci
Contemporary Educational Psychology
2000
Corpus ID: 1098145
Intrinsic and extrinsic types of motivation have been widely studied, and the distinction between them has shed important light…
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Positive psychology. An introduction.
M. Seligman
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M. Csíkszentmihályi
American Psychologist
2000
Corpus ID: 14783574
A science of positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions promises to improve quality of…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Ego depletion: is the active self a limited resource?
R. Baumeister
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E. Bratslavsky
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M. Muraven
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D. Tice
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1998
Corpus ID: 14627317
Choice, active response, self-regulation, and other volition may all draw on a common inner resource. In Experiment 1, people who…
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Behavioral inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: constructing a unifying theory of ADHD.
R. Barkley
Psychological bulletin
1997
Corpus ID: 1182504
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comprises a deficit in behavioral inhibition. A theoretical model is constructed…
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Beyond pleasure and pain.
E. Higgins
American Psychologist
1997
Corpus ID: 18246269
People approach pleasure and avoid pain. To discover the true nature of approach-avoidance motivation, psychologists need to move…
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance.
P. Pintrich
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E. D. Groot
1990
Corpus ID: 18128378
A correlational study examined relationships between motivational orientation, self-regulated learning, and classroom academic…
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1982
Review
1982
Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency.
A. Bandura
1982
Corpus ID: 3377361
This article addresses the centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism in human agency. Self-per- cepts of efficacy influence…
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