Handbook of Self-Regulation, Second Edition: Research, Theory, and Applications

Kathleen D. Vohs, Roy F. Baumeister

Guilford Press, Jan 18, 2013 - Psychology - 592 pages

This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the conscious and nonconscious processes by which people regulate their thoughts, emotions, attention, behavior, and impulses. Individual differences in self-regulatory capacities are explored, as are developmental pathways. The volume examines how self-regulation shapes, and is shaped by, social relationships. Failures of self-regulation are also addressed, in chapters on addictions, overeating, compulsive spending, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Wherever possible, contributors identify implications of the research for helping people enhance their self-regulatory capacities and pursue desired goals. New to This Edition: * Incorporates significant scientific advances and many new topics. * Increased attention to the social basis of self-regulation. * Chapters on working memory, construal-level theory, temptation, executive functioning in children, self-regulation in older adults, self-harming goal pursuit, interpersonal relationships, religion, and impulsivity as a personality trait.

Contents

• Part IICognitive Physiological And Neurological Dimensions of SelfRegulation: 123
• Part IIIDevelopment of SelfRegulation: 261
• Part IVSocial Dimension of SelfRegulation: 337
• Part VPersonality and SelfRegulation: 439
• Part VICommon Problems with SelfRegulation: 503
• Author Index: 565
• Subject Index: 585

About the author

Kathleen D. Vohs, PhD, is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She holds a McKnight Presidential Fellowship and has recently been named the Board of Overseers Professor of Marketing. Dr. Vohs has more than 120 professional publications, including six books. Her research is concerned with self-regulation, particularly in regard to impulsive spending and eating, decision making, self-esteem, the fear and feeling of being duped, self-escape behaviors, and the psychology of money.

Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, holds the Eppes Professorship in the Department of Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Baumeister has written nearly 500 professional publications, including 27 books. His research on self-regulation addresses such topics as aggression, eating, sexuality, emotion, limited resources, addiction, free will, physiology, and task performance.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Self-Regulation, Second Edition: Research, Theory, and Applications
• Editors: Kathleen D. Vohs, Roy F. Baumeister
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Guilford Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1462509517, 9781462509515
• Length: 592 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Clinical Psychology; Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Psychology / Personality; Psychology / Social Psychology