Well Self-Regulated People Use Mental Contrasting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Timur Sevincer (0000-0003-2751-0142, Universität Hamburg), Philipp J Mehl (Universität Hamburg), Gabriele Oettingen (0000-0002-6139-1493, Universität Hamburg) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 348-364 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000322 |
| OpenAlex | W2769165064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 55 |
Mentally contrasting a desired future with reality is a self-regulation strategy helping people manage their life by promoting selective goal pursuit: people pursue feasible futures and disengage from unfeasible ones. We investigated whether participants who effectively regulate their academic and everyday life spontaneously use mental contrasting. Indeed, students who were good self-regulators in the academic domain, as indicated by their high self-reported academic self-regulation skills, high need for achievement, and above-average grades mentally contrasted when writing about an important achievement-related wish (Study 1). So did participants who were good self-regulators in everyday life as indicated by their high self-reported generalized self-regulation skills and high need for cognition (Study 2). Results indicate that successful self-regulation is linked to spontaneous mental contrasting
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Everyday life · Futures contract · Goal pursuit · Self-control · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Relationship Between Predominant Promotion Focus and Spontaneous Mental Contrasting
Situational Cues in Thoughts About the Future
Is the intentionality of mind wandering associated with the combined dimensions of temporal orientation and emotional valence
Low working memory reduces the use of mental contrasting
Big five personality traits and spontaneous mental contrasting among Chinese students
Do spontaneous Self-Regulatory modes of thought vary as a function of personality, demographic background, and goal category
Effects of regulatory modes on spontaneous mental contrasting in Goal-Directed behavior
Taking Responsibility for Others and Use of Mental Contrasting
Causality orientations and spontaneous mental contrasting
Mental contrasting and problem-solving in romantic relationships
Demand to Act and Use of Mental Contrasting
The Efficient Assessment of Need for Cognition
Personality and Performance at the Beginning of the New Millennium
Impulsivity and Inhibitory Control
Same or Different? Clarifying the Relationship of Need for Cognition to Personality and Intelligence
Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement
Metacognition in Action
Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents
Leadership motive pattern and long-term success in management.
Power failure
Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.
Bias in cross-sectional analyses of longitudinal mediation.
High Self‐Control Predicts Good Adjustment, Less Pathology, Better Grades, and Interpersonal Success
Identity Style and Coping Strategies
Sad mood promotes self-initiated mental contrasting of future and reality
Future thought and behaviour change
Individual Differences in Need for Cognition and Complex Problem Solving
Motivation by positive or negative role models
Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior
Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality
Mental contrasting turns positive feedback on creative potential into successful performance
The emergence of goal pursuit
Beyond pleasure and pain
Volitional personality trait change
Self-control and accommodation in close relationships
Work experiences and personality development in young adulthood
The need for cognition
A meta-analysis of self-regulated learning in work-related training and educational attainment
Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources
Dispositional differences in cognitive motivation
Validity of questionnaire and TAT measures of need for achievement
Delay of gratification, need for achievement, and acquiescence in another culture
An experimental investigation of need for cognition
| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |