Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications

This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the conscious and nonconscious processes by which people regulate their thoughts, emotions, attention, behaviour, and impulses. Individual differences in self-regulatory capacities are explored, as are developmental pathways. The volume examines how self-regulation shapes, and is shaped by, social relationships. Failures of self-regulation are also addressed, in chapters on addictions, overeating, compulsive spending, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Wherever possible, contributors identify implications of the research for helping people enhance their self-regulatory capacities and pursue desired goals.

New to This Edition:

• Incorporates significant scientific advances and many new topics.
• Increased attention to the social basis of self-regulation.
• Chapters on working memory, construal-level theory, temptation, executive functioning in children, self-regulation in older adults, self-harming goal pursuit, interpersonal relationships, religion, and impulsivity as a personality trait.

Table of Contents

I. Basic Regulatory Processes

1. Self-Regulation of Action and Affect, Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier
2. The Self-Regulation of Emotion, Sander L. Koole, Lotte F. van Dillen, and Gal Sheppes
3. Giving In to Temptation: The Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience of Self-Regulatory Failure, Dylan D. Wagner and Todd F. Heatherton
4. Self-Regulatory Strength, Isabelle M. Bauer and Roy F. Baumeister
5. Willpower in a Cognitive Affective Processing System: The Dynamics of Delay of Gratification, Walter Mischel and Ozlem Ayduk
6. Self-Regulation and Behavior Change: Disentangling Behavioral Initiation and Behavioral Maintenance, Alexander J. Rothman, Austin S. Baldwin, Andrew W. Hertel, and Paul Fuglestad

II. Cognitive, Physiological, and Neurological Dimensions of Self-Regulation

7. Nonconscious Self-Regulation, or the Automatic Pilot of Human Behavior, Esther K. Papies and Henk Aarts
8. Promotion and Prevention Systems: Regulatory Focus Dynamics within Self-Regulatory Hierarchies, Abigail A. Scholer and E. Tory Higgins
9. Planning Promotes Goal Striving, Peter M. Gollwitzer and Gabriele Oettingen
10. The Reason in Passion: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Emotion Regulation, Kateri McRae, Kevin N. Ochsner, and James J. Gross
11. Working Memory and Self-Regulation, Wilhelm Hofmann, Malte Friese, Brandon J. Schmeichel, and Alan D. Baddeley
12. Local and Global Evaluations: Attitudes as Self-Regulatory Guides for Near and Distant Responding, Allison Ledgerwood and Yaacov Trope
13. Identifying and Battling Temptation, Ayelet Fishbach and Benjamin A. Converse

III. Development of Self-Regulation

14. Effortful Control: Relations with Emotion Regulation, Adjustment, and Socialization in Childhood, Nancy Eisenberg, Cynthia L. Smith, and Tracy L. Spinrad
15. Attentional Control and Self-Regulation, M. Rosario Rueda, Michael I. Posner, and Mary K. Rothbart
16. A Bidirectional Model of Executive Functions and Self-Regulation, Clancy Blair and Alexandra Ursache
17. Aging and Self-Regulation, William von Hippel and Julie D. Henry

IV. Social Dimension of Self-Regulation

18. The Sociometer, Self-Esteem, and the Regulation of Interpersonal Behavior, Mark R. Leary and Jennifer Guadagno
19. Early Attachment Processes and the Development of Emotional Self-Regulation, Susan D. Calkins and Esther M. Leerkes
20. When People Strive for Self-Harming Goals: Sacrificing Personal Health for Interpersonal Success, Catherine D. Rawn and Kathleen D. Vohs
21. The Effects of Social Relationships on Self-Regulation, Eli J. Finkel and Grinne M. Fitzsimons
22. The Effects of Self-Regulation on Social Relationships, Grinne M. Fitzsimons and Eli J. Finkel
23. Waiting, Tolerating, and Cooperating: Did Religion Evolve to Prop Up Humans' Self-Control Abilities?, Michael E. McCullough and Evan C. Carter

V. Personality and Self-Regulation

24. Temperament and Self-Regulation, Mary K. Rothbart, Lesa K. Ellis, and Michael I. Posner
25. Self-Efficacy Beliefs and the Architecture of Personality: On Knowledge, Appraisal, and Self-Regulation, Daniel Cervone, Nilly Mor, Heather Orom, William G. Shadel, and Walter D. Scott
26. Impulsivity as a Personality Trait, Colin G. DeYoung

VI. Common Problems with Self-Regulation

27. Self-Regulatory Failure and Addiction, Michael A. Sayette and Kasey M. Griffin
28. The Self-Regulation of Eating: Theoretical and Practical Problems, C. Peter Herman and Janet Polivy
29. Self-Regulation and Spending: Evidence from Impulsive and Compulsive Buying, Ronald J. Faber and Kathleen D. Vohs
30. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Self-Regulation, and Executive Functioning, Russell A. Barkley