About the Book
Bringing together a stellar array of self-regulation researchers, this comprehensive and authoritative Handbook addresses the breadth of current theories, findings, and practical applications in the field. Examined are the conscious and nonconscious processes by which people regulate their thoughts, emotions, attention, impulses or appetites, and task performances; the developmental trajectories of these capacities; and implications for personal relationships, addictions, consumption, and mental health. The ways individuals differ in their basic abilities and styles of self-control are considered, as are strategies for enhancing functioning in this area. Offering cutting-edge coverage of a key dimension of human experience, the Handbook also identifies important questions for future investigation.
Table of Contents:
K.D. Vohs, R.F. Baumeister, Understanding Self-Regulation: An Introduction. Part 1. Basic Regulatory Processes. C.S. Carver, Self-Regulation of Action and Affect. R.J. Larsen, Z. Prizmic, Affect Regulation. J. Banfield, C. Wyland, C.N. Macrae, T.F. Münte, T.F. Heatherton, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Self-Regulation. B.J. Schmeichel, R.F. Baumeister, Self-Regulatory Strength. W. Mischel, O. Ayduk, Willpower in a Cognitive-Affective Processing System: The Dynamics of Delay of Gratification. A.J. Rothman, A.S. Baldwin, A.W. Hertel, Self-Regulation and Behavior Change: Disentangling Behavioral Initiation and Behavioral Maintenance. Part 2. Cognitive, Physiological, and Neurological Dimensions of Self-Regulation. G.M. Fitzsimons, J.A. Bargh, Automatic Self-Regulation. E.T. Higgins, S. Spiegel, Promotion and Prevention Strategies for Self-Regulation: A Motivated Cognition Perspective. D. Cervone, N. Mor, H. Orom, W.G. Shadel, W.D. Scott, Self-Efficacy Beliefs and the Architecture of Personality: On Knowledge, Appraisal, and Self-Regulation. P. Gollwitzer, K. Fujita, G. Oettingen, Planning and Implementation of Goals. K. Ochsner, J.J. Gross, Thinking Makes It So: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Emotion Regulation. Part 3. Development of Self-Regulation. N. Eisenberg, C.L. Smith, A. Sadovsky, T.L. Spinrad, Effortful Control: Relations with Emotion Regulation, Adjustment, and Socialization in Childhood. M.R. Rueda, M.I. Posner, M.K. Rothbart, Attentional Control and Self-Regulation. R.A. Barkley, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Self-Regulation: Taking an Evolutionary Perspective on Executive Functioning. S.D. Calkins, Early Attachment Processes and the Development of Emotional Self-Regulation. L.A. McCabe, M. Cunnington, J. Brooks-Gunn, The Development of Self-Regulation in Young Children: Individual Characteristics and Environmental Contexts. M.K. Rothbart, L.K. Ellis, M.I. Posner, Temperament and Self-Regulation. Part 4. The Interpersonal Dimension of Self-Regulation. M.R. Leary, The Sociometer, Self-Esteem, and the Regulation of Interpersonal Behavior. K.D. Vohs, N.J. Ciarocco, Interpersonal Functioning Requires Self-Regulation. Part 5. Individual Differences and Self-Regulation. S. Nolen-Hoeksema, C. Corte, Gender and Self-Regulation. D.G. MacCoon, J.F. Wallace, J.P. Newman, Self-Regulation: Context-appropriate Balanced Attention. Part 6. Everyday Problems with Self-Regulation. M.A. Sayette, Self-Regulatory Failure and Addiction. J.G. Hull, L.B. Slone, Alcohol and Self-Regulation. C.P. Herman, J. Polivy, The Self-Regulation of Eating: Theoretical and Practical Problems. R. Faber, K.D. Vohs, To Buy or Not to Buy? Self-control and Self-Regulatory Failure in Purchase Behavior. M.W. Wiederman, Self-control and Sexual Behavior. T. Hirschi, Self-control and Crime.
About the Author :
Edited by Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, USA and Kathleen D. Vohs, PhD, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA
Review :
'Baumeister and Vohs have assembled an impressive 'who's who' of researchers in the field of self-regulation. Presented is state-of-the art, scholarly, and creative work that examines the topic from cognitive, neuroscientific, social learning, developmental, and a variety of other perspectives. The Handbook gives equal attention to basic theory and practical applications, speaking to questions ranging from the nature of the self to the ways we control sexual behavior, eating, and alcohol use. This volume is a basic and necessary resource for anyone who plans to do research on self-regulation or who wishes to understand the current state of knowledge in the field.' - David Funder, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, USA
