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- Title
From thought to action: On the relevance of including situational cues in thought about intended actions.
- Authors
Martiny-Huenger, Torsten; Damanskyy, Yevhen; Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J.
- Abstract
Successful everyday self-regulation often hinges on implementing intended responses at a later time–often in specific situations. We address this self-regulation challenge by examining the role of individuals' thought about intended actions–and specifically whether it does or does not include situational cues. We hypothesized that including situational cues when thinking about intended actions enables stimulus-response learning, thereby increasing the likelihood of implementing the intended actions. Consequently, we pre-registered and found (N = 392, age range 18–94) a positive relationship between the self-reported habitual inclusion of situational cues in thought about intended actions and everyday self-regulation success (assessed by self-reported self-efficacy and self-control beliefs). In addition, we provide exploratory evidence that the inclusion of situational cues in thought about intended actions mediates the relationship between conscientiousness and self-regulation success. We discuss the results and the theoretical perspective in relation to how self-control outcomes can be explained by associative learning.
- Subjects
SELF-efficacy; ASSOCIATIVE learning; STIMULUS &; response (Psychology); SELF-control; SELF regulation; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0264342