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The Importance of Empowering Self-Regulation

  • The present dissertation was developed to emphasize the importance of self-regulatory abilities and to derive novel opportunities to empower self-regulation. From the perspective of PSI (Personality Systems Interactions) theory (Kuhl, 2001), interindividual differences in self-regulation (action vs. state orientation) and their underlying mechanisms are examined in detail. Based on these insights, target-oriented interventions are derived, developed, and scientifically evaluated. The present work comprises a total of four studies which, on the one hand, highlight the advantages of a good self-regulation (e.g., enacting difficult intentions under demands; relation with prosocial power motive enactment and well-being). On the other hand, mental contrasting (Oettingen et al., 2001), an established self-regulation method, is examined from a PSI perspective and evaluated as a method to support individuals that struggle with self-regulatory deficits. Further, derived from PSI theory`s assumptions, I developed and evaluated a novel method (affective shifting) that aims to support individuals in overcoming self-regulatory deficits. Thereby affective shifting supports the decisive changes in positive affect for successful intention enactment (Baumann & Scheffer, 2010). The results of the present dissertation show that self-regulated changes between high and low positive affect are crucial for efficient intention enactment and that methods such as mental contrasting and affective shifting can empower self-regulation to support individuals to successfully close the gap between intention and action.

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Author:Katja Milena Friederichs
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-19068
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25353/ubtr-xxxx-0c8d-7696
Referee:Nicola Baumann, Nils Jostmann
Advisor:Nicola Baumann, Nils Jostmann
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Date of completion:2022/08/15
Publishing institution:Universität Trier
Granting institution:Universität Trier, Fachbereich 1
Date of final exam:2022/06/24
Release Date:2022/08/16
Tag:Action vs. State Orientation; Intention Enactment; Power Motivation; Self-Regulation; Stroop Task
GND Keyword:Handlungsorientierung; Individuum; Selbstregulation; Verstärkung
Number of pages:126
First page:7
Last page:126
Institutes:Fachbereich 1
Dewey Decimal Classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY-NC-ND: Creative-Commons-Lizenz 4.0 International

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