Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity
Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity
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DOI：
10.1177/01461672221109664
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发表时间：
2022-07-20
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4
通讯作者：
Wang, Xue
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作者：
Jiang, Tonglin;Wang, Ting;Wang, Xue
自我概念清晰性（SCC）是否以及如何影响自我控制在实证研究中还没有得到充分的探讨。我们提出，低SCC抑制自我控制通过较低的整体自我连续性的感觉。五项研究的结果为我们的中介模型（N = 898）提供了一致的支持。与高SCC的参与者相比，低SCC的参与者在自我控制量表上得分较低（研究1和2），花更少的时间练习以提高他们在繁琐任务上的表现（研究3），并且不太可能专注于正在进行的任务（研究4）或坚持锻炼计划以保持健康（研究5）。整体自我连续性介导了低SCC对自我控制的影响（研究1-5），即使在控制了情绪影响（研究5）和自尊（研究4和5）之后。这些发现强调了培养SCC应对自我控制失败的重要性。
Whether and how self-concept clarity (SCC) affects self-control has not been sufficiently explored in empirical research. We proposed that low SCC inhibits self-control through a lower sense of global self-continuity. The results of five studies provided converging support for our mediation model (N = 898). Compared with participants with high SCC, participants with low SCC scored lower on self-control scales (Studies 1 and 2), spent less time practicing to improve their performance on a tedious task (Study 3), and were less likely to stay focused on an ongoing task (Study 4) or to adhere to the exercise plan to stay healthy (Study 5). Global self-continuity mediated the effects of low SCC on self-control (Studies 1-5) even after emotional affect (Study 5) and self-esteem (Studies 4 and 5) were controlled for. These findings highlight the importance of fostering SCC for coping with self-control failures.