self-control
Let an agent explain self-control and related concepts, relay research on development, measurement and outcomes with attribution, present debates such as ego depletion neutrally, and distinguish self-control from related constructs and from clinical impulse disorders.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain self-control and related concepts, relay research on development, measurement and outcomes with attribution, present debates such as ego depletion neutrally, and distinguish self-control from related constructs and from clinical impulse disorders.
The ability to regulate one own thoughts, emotions and behaviour in the face of temptations and impulses in order to achieve longer-term goals, including delayed gratification, emotional self-regulation and affect regulation, and continence in the older ethical sense of restraint; self-control is studied in psychology as inhibitory control and executive function, is linked to outcomes in health, education and finance, and is the subject of debates about willpower, ego depletion and the role of environment.
What it is for: Achieving long-term goals over immediate impulses.
It can be explain the concept and related terms; relay research with attribution; present debates neutrally; distinguish from clinical conditions.
Distinguishing features
Goal-directed regulation
Executive function basis
Develops through childhood
Contested mechanisms
What it looks like
Not a visible object; behaviour of resisting impulses.
How it is recognised
Regulation of impulses toward long-term goals
Delayed gratification, emotional regulation, inhibitory control, continence
Impulse control disorders are clinical diagnoses; conscientiousness is a personality trait
Related models
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is a kind of - in registry terms
is part of - in cognitive psychology
In practice
Families and kinds
behavioural self-control and delayed gratification
emotional self-regulation and affect regulation
cognitive inhibitory control
continence and temperance in ethics
self-control in addiction and health behaviour
self-control strategies such as precommitment
Standards and regulation
Research ethics for psychological studies
No regulation of the concept
Failure modes and hazards
Overstating willpower findings
Moralising about individuals
Confusing with clinical disorders
Agents giving personal psychological advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What self-control is.
Science.
Definition
Definition and related terms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is self-control, and how does it relate to inhibitory control, emotional regulation and delayed gratification? definition
- Is the question about self-control in general or a clinical impulse control condition? boundary
Mechanisms
Mechanisms.
Mechanisms
Mechanisms.
- What brain and cognitive mechanisms underlie self-control, as research describes? provenance
- Which entry fits executive function? action
Research Research findings.
Attribution.
Development
Development and outcomes.
Development
Development.
- What do studies such as the marshmallow test and longitudinal cohorts say about development and outcomes, with findings and reinterpretations attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What is the ego depletion debate, and how has replication changed views, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Apply Applications.
Practice.
Strategies
Strategies.
Strategies
Strategies.
- What strategies such as precommitment, environment design and implementation intentions does research support? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal psychological help, which needs a professional? boundary
Domains
Health, finance and education.
Domains
Domains.
- How is self-control applied in health behaviour, saving and learning, as studies describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Philosophy and culture.
Context.
Philosophy
Ethics of self-control.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How have philosophers from Aristotle onward treated continence, temperance and weakness of will? provenance
- Which entry fits akrasia? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures and religions value and cultivate self-control, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits temperance? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should delayed gratification and emotional regulation be separate entries?
- How should research literature be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases mixing psychological and ethical terms; should they be split off?