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

Rick H. Hoyle, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 5, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics, and 9, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and a Fellow and Charter Member of the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Hoyle has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Personality, and Self and Identity and Editor of Journal of Social Issues. Among his book projects are, Selfhood: Identity, Esteem, Regulation (co-authored with Michael Kernis, Mark Leary, and Mark Baldwin) and the Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior (co-edited with Mark Leary).