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"It is my choice to control myself!": Testing the mediating roles of expectancy and value in the association between perceived choice and self-control success
Date Issued
2022
Journal
ISSN
1664-1078
1664-1078
Citation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, vol. 13, article no. 851964.
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Description
Open access
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
Past research suggested that when individuals feel that it is their free choice to perform a task, they are more likely to succeed. However, little has been known about the effect of perceived choice of self-control and the psychological processes underlying the benefits of this perception in everyday contexts. To fill this gap, a 7-day experience sampling study (115 college students and 1,725 reported episodes of self-control) was conducted to test whether confidence in sustaining the current self-control activity (expectancy) and perceived value of current self-control (value) could mediate the link between perceived choice and success in the current self-control activity. The results of multilevel analysis suggested that the perceived choice can boost self-control success by increasing expectancy and value of self-control. These findings add mechanistic understanding of the effect of perceived choice on self-control success.
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