Browsing Psychology by Subject "Regulatory Mode"

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Commitment to change from locomotion motivation during deliberation

Scholer, Abigail A.; Higgins, E. Tory (Springer, 2012-06-01)

The factors that motivate commitment to behavioral change (e.g., quitting smoking) are important in understanding self-regulation processes. The current research examines how an individual’s motivational orientation during ...
Exploring the Relationship between Self-Regulation and Boredom

Struk, Andriy A. (University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)

The following two studies examined the relationship between various aspects of self-regulation, boredom proneness and the experience of boredom. Prior research on trait boredom has demonstrated that it is often related to ...
A self-regulatory approach to understanding boredom proneness

Struk, Andriy A.; Scholer, Abigail A.; Danckert, James (Taylor and Francis, 2016-11-16)

We investigated the relationship between self-regulation and two types of boredom proneness (perceived lack of internal stimulation, perceived lack of external stimulation) using a variety of measures of self-regulation. ...