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Self-control is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core executive functions. [1][2] Executive functions are cognitive processes that are necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve specific goals. [1][2] Defined more independently, self-control is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the ...
The ideal goal of anger management [3] is to control and regulate anger so that it does not result in problems. Anger is an active emotion that calls a person feeling it to respond. [4]: 4 People get into anger issues because both the instigator and instigated lack interpersonal and social skills to maintain self-control.
Discipline is the self-control that is gained by requiring that rules or orders be obeyed, and the ability to keep working at something that is difficult. [ 1 ] Disciplinarians believe that such self-control is of the utmost importance and enforce a set of rules that aim to develop such behavior. Such enforcement is sometimes based on ...
Appearance. Self-regulation theory (SRT) is a system of conscious, personal management that involves the process of guiding one's own thoughts, behaviors and feelings to reach goals. Self-regulation consists of several stages. In the stages individuals must function as contributors to their own motivation, behavior, and development within a ...
The self-regulation of emotion or emotion regulation is the ability to respond to the ongoing demands of experience with the range of emotions in a manner that is socially tolerable and sufficiently flexible to permit spontaneous reactions as well as the ability to delay spontaneous reactions as needed. [1] It can also be defined as extrinsic ...
The Ryff Scale is based on six factors: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. [1] Higher total scores indicate higher psychological well-being. Following are explanations of each criterion, and an example statement from the Ryff Inventory to measure each criterion.
Self-enhancement is a type of motivation that works to make people feel good about themselves and to maintain self-esteem. [ 1 ] This motive becomes especially prominent in situations of threat, failure or blows to one's self-esteem. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] Self-enhancement involves a preference for positive over negative self-views. [ 5 ]
Lynn P. Rehm proposed a self-control model of depression based on the three processes included in a feedback loop model of self-control: self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement. [3] In the self-control model, depression is characterized as the result of deficits in these processes of self-control.