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040			_cMANILA TYTANA COLLEGES LIBRARY
100			_aMiles, Eleanor.
245			_aDoes self-control improve with practice? evidence from a six-week training program / _cEleanor Miles, Harriet Baird, Ian Macdonald, Thomas L. Webb, Paschal Sheeran, Peter R. Harris
260			_cAugust 2016
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337			_aunmediated
338			_avolumes
440			_aJournal of Experimental Psychology : General _n145 : 8, page 1075-1091
520			_aCan self-control be improved through practice? Several studies have found that repeated practice of tasks involving self-control improves performance on other tasks relevant to self-control. However, in many of these studies, improvements after training could be attributable to methodological factors (e.g., passive control conditions). Moreover, the extent to which the effects of training transfer to real-life settings is not yet clear. In the present research, participants (N = 174) completed a 6-week training program of either cognitive or behavioral self-control tasks. We then tested the effects of practice on a range of measures of self-control, including lab-based and real-world tasks. Training was compared with both active and no-contact control conditions. Despite high levels of adherence to the training tasks, there was no effect of training on any measure of self-control. Trained participants did not, for example, show reduced ego depletion effects, become better at overcoming their habits, or report exerting more self-control in everyday life. Moderation analyses found no evidence that training was effective only among particular groups of participants. Bayesian analyses suggested that the data were more consistent with a null effect of training on self-control than with previous estimates of the effect of practice. The implication is that training self-control through repeated practice does not result in generalized improvements in self-control.
521			_aPsychology
650			_aSelf-control.
650			_aOperant behavior.
650			_aEgo (Psychology).
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