Self-Regulation in a Cognitive--Affective Personality System

Attentional Control in the Service of the Self

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15411772
AutoresWalter Mischel (autor de correspondencia), Ozlem Ayduk (0000-0003-4779-2909)
Año2002
Volumen1
Número2
Páginas113-120
Fecha de publicación2002-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSelf and Identity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1529-8868 • E-ISSN: 1529-8876
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/152988602317319285
OpenAlexW1987417305
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas13

The highly valued goals of the self too often turn into failed good intentions. Even when the goals are important and motivation is high, they easily become difficult to achieve in the face of temptations, frustrations and obstacles. The model and research discussed here address how people can exert willpower even when the situational pull to give up is strong. Research on the basic mechanisms and dynamics that enable delay of gratification show that exertion of willpower requires one to "cool" or self-distance from the negative arousal of dif®cult and frustrating situations. Such attention control helps prevent "hot," impulsive responses that undermine long-term goal attainment. The attentional control mechanisms assessed in the preschool delay of gratification paradigm are visible in toddlerhood and continue to affect important life outcomesÐacademic, social, and interpersonal, through adolescence to adulthood. Most importantly, they seem to serve as protective factors against the negative long-term consequences of dispositional vulnerabilities. These self-regulatory and protective processes are conceptualized within a cognitive – affective processing system model of personality

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Control (management · Personality · Self-control · Mental Health Research Topics · Neuroscience · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology