Handbook of Personality and Self-regulation

• 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

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

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