Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation

The Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation integrates scholarly research on self-regulation in the personality, developmental, and social psychology traditions for a broad audience of social and behavioral scientists interested in the processes by which people control, or fail to control, their own behavior. Examines self-regulation as it influences and is influenced by basic personality processes in normal adults Offers 21 original contributions from an internationally respected group of scholars in the fields of personality and self-regulation Explores the causes and consequences of inadequate self-regulation and the means by which self-regulation might be improved Integrates empirical findings on basic personality traits with findings inspired by emerging models of self-regulation Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating view of the field for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines

About the Editor viii List of Contributors ix Preface xii 1 Personality and Self-Regulation 1 Rick H. Hoyle Part I Temperament and Early Personality 19 2 Relations of Self-Regulatory/Control Capacities to Maladjustment, Social Competence, and Emotionality 21 Nancy Eisenberg, Natalie D. Eggum, Julie Sallquist, and Alison Edwards 3 Delay of Gratification: A Review of Fifty Years of Regulation Research 47 Renée M. Tobin and William G. Graziano 4 Self-Regulation as the Interface of Emotional and Cognitive Development: Implications for Education and Academic Achievement 64 Clancy Blair, Susan Calkins, and Lisa Kopp 5 Exploring Response Monitoring: Developmental Differences and Contributions to Self-Regulation 91 Jennifer M. McDermott and Nathan A. Fox Part II Personality Processes 115 6 Self-Regulation Processes and Their Signatures: Dynamics of the Self-System 117 Carolyn C. Morf and Stephan Horvath 7 Self-Regulation and the Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits 145 Robert R. McCrae and Corinna E. Löckenhoff 8 Self-Determination Theory and the Relation of Autonomy to Self-Regulatory Processes and Personality Development 169 Christopher P. Niemiec, Richard M. Ryan, and Edward L. Deci 9 Interest and Self-Regulation: Understanding Individual Variability in Choices, Efforts, and Persistence Over Time 192 Carol Sansone, Dustin B. Thoman, and Jessi L. Smith 10 Goal Systems and Self-Regulation: An Individual Differences Perspective 218 Paul Karoly 11 Acting on Limited Resources: The Interactive Effects of Self-Regulatory Depletion and Individual Differences 243 C. Nathan DeWall, Roy F. Baumeister, David R. Schurtz, and Matthew T. Gailliot Part III Individual Differences 263 12 Working Memory Capacity and Self-Regulation 265 Malgorzata Ilkowska and Randall W. Engle 13 Regulatory Focus in a Demanding World 291 Abigail A. Scholer and E. Tory Higgins 14 Self-Efficacy 315 James E. Maddux and Jeffrey Volkmann 15 Dealing with High Demands: The Role of Action Versus State Orientation 332 Nils B. Jostmann and Sander L. Koole 16 The Cybernetic Process Model of Self-Control: Situation- and Person-Specific Considerations 353 Eran Magen and James J. Gross 17 Modes of Self-Regulation: Assessment and Locomotion as Independent Determinants in Goal Pursuit 375 Arie W. Kruglanski, Edward Orehek, E. Tory Higgins, Antonio Pierro, and Idit Shalev 18 The Costly Pursuit of Self-Esteem: Implications for Self-Regulation 403 Jennifer Crocker, Scott Moeller, and Aleah Burson 19 Self-Regulation of State Self-Esteem Following Threat: Moderation by Trait Self-Esteem 430 Michelle R. vanDellen, Erin K. Bradfield, and Rick H. Hoyle 20 Individual Differences in Approach and Avoidance: Behavioral Activation/Inhibition and Regulatory Focus as Distinct Levels of Analysis 447 Timothy J. Strauman and Wilkie A. Wilson 21 Hypo-egoic Self-Regulation 474 Mark R. Leary, Claire E. Adams, and Eleanor B. Tate Author Index 498 Subject Index 524