Tornquist, Michelle 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2160-9662 and Miles, Eleanor
(2019)
Trait self‐control and beliefs about the utility of emotions for initiatory and inhibitory self‐control.
European Journal of Social Psychology, 49 (6).
pp. 1298-1312.
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>How do people with high trait self‐control achieve their success? This research aimed to investigate beliefs about emotion utility as a potential mechanism. Specifically, because beliefs about the utility of emotions predict emotion regulation and successful performance, we investigate the hypothesis that trait self‐control influences beliefs about the utility of emotions for self‐control. Two preregistered studies examined whether beliefs about the utility of emotions in everyday self‐control situations varied depending on the person (trait self‐control) and the situation (initiatory or inhibitory self‐control). Our key finding was that people considered positive emotions more useful for self‐control than negative emotions. This effect was also moderated by situational and individual factors, such that positive emotions were considered especially useful by participants with high trait self‐control and in situations requiring initiatory self‐control (with the opposite effect for negative emotions). This research suggests a potential role for instrumental emotion regulation in self‐control success.</jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mind and Body, Clinical Research, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Behavioral and Social Science, 7 Management of diseases and conditions, 7.1 Individual care needs |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2019 14:37 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2024 13:41 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ejsp.2581 |
| Open Access URL: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/82655/ |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3046277 |
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