衡量自我控制信念:一个多维和特定领域的观点
Anssi Bwalya1,2, Polaris Koi2, Hugh Rabagliati1
1School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Psychological reports
|January 17, 2026
概括
关于自制的世俗信仰是复杂的. 这项研究揭示了自我控制的信念是多维的,包括有限性和可塑性,在不同的生活领域有所不同.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 在动机冲突中,自我控制对于使行为与意图保持一致至关重要.
- 关于自我控制影响表现的世俗信仰,但研究主要集中在有限资源方面,忽视了长期的可塑性.
- 了解关于自制的可塑性的世俗信仰对于全面的观点至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查关于自我控制的有限性和可塑性的世俗信仰.
- 探索这些信念与其他心理构造之间的关系.
- 为了确定自我控制信念是否是特定领域的.
主要方法:
- 两项预先注册的在线问卷研究与英国成年参与者进行 (N=381).
- 参与者完成了评估对自我控制在各个领域的有限性和可塑性的信念的测量.
- 计算了相关性,以检查与自尊,自我效能,特征自我控制,人格可塑性和智力信念的关系.
主要成果:
- 发现关于自我控制的有限性和可塑性的信念在很大程度上是独立的构造.
- 局限性信念在不同的自我控制领域 (例如饮食,工作,情绪调节) 显示出变化.
- 自制信念与自尊,自我效能和特征自制有关,但与之不同. 可塑性信念与人格可塑性相关,但与智力可塑性无关.
结论:
- 关于自我控制的世俗信仰是多维的,包括有限性和可塑性的独特概念.
- 这些信念是特定领域的,这表明在各种生活环境中对自我控制的看法不同.
- 未来的研究和干预应该采用多维和特定领域的方法来准确地测量和理解自我控制信念.
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