2011-05-01
Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing the right thing: Distinguishing between inhibitory and initiatory self-control
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Personality and Individual Differences , Volume 50 - Issue 7 p. 1006- 1011
The present study investigated whether a conceptual distinction between two components of self-control (inhibitory and initiatory self-control) is empirically valid. To that purpose, a series of confirmative factor analyses were employed in two samples (total N = 577), providing support for a distinction between inhibitory and initiatory self-control. In addition, the predictive validity of the two components of self-control was examined by regression analyses with (un)desired health/academic behavior as dependent variables, showing that inhibitory self-control was a superior predictor of undesired behavior and initiatory self-control a better predictor of desired behavior.
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| doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.015, hdl.handle.net/1765/22823 | |
| Personality and Individual Differences | |
| Organisation | Department of Psychology |
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de Ridder, D., de Boer, B., Lugtig, P., Bakker, A., & van Hooft, E. (2011). Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing the right thing: Distinguishing between inhibitory and initiatory self-control. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(7), 1006–1011. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.015 |
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