Psychology Of Self-regulation Research Articles

Development of Psychology Students’ Self-Regulation in the Process of Professional Training

The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the dynamics of self-regulation indicators of first-year psychology students in the process of studying the course “Psychology of self-regulation.” The study aims to clarify how the indicators of self-regulation ability of first-year psychology students change during the study of a semester course, “Psychology of self-regulation” (from late February to early June 2021), and to find out how the correlations between individual parameters of self-regulation alter. Research results of students (which are made at the beginning and the end of the study of the course) are described and compared according to theoretical, empirical (psychodiagnostic), and statistical methods. The following indicators of self-regulation are studied: self-control in the emotional sphere, self-control in activity, self-control in behavior (social self-control), and a few coping ways (confrontational coping, search for social support, problem-solving planning, self-control, distancing, positive reassessment, acceptance of responsibility, escape-avoidance), as well as alexithymia. It was found that (at the beginning of the study) psychology students had mostly the average level of all studied indicators, except for the coping way “escape-avoidance” (which was at a high level) and a level of alexithymia (a little higher). After studying the course “Psychology of self-regulation,” which took place during one semester along with the study of other psychological courses, changes in the studied indicators were revealed: the indicators of self-control and confrontational coping increased; the level of escape-avoidance decreased. Correlation analysis was performed between all scales of the first and second surveys.

Информационно-семантическая система психической самоорганизации в сознательном самоуправлении субъекта

Introduction. The subfield “paradigm” of modern psychology includes the task of studying the mechanisms of conscious Psychology of Self-Regulation (PSR) in any self-governance and self-realization of the individual in urgent tasks of life. Here a person does not fully control their mental process. They go into auto-pilot and are autonomous mechanisms of mental self-governance. PSR is considered as an information semantic system in which the intellect performs the main function of processing information, self-awareness and conscious control over what is happening in the spatio-temporal continuum of experience and perspectives to life. Research objective: to reveal the role of the intellect (as a cognitive-information system) in the control of arbitrary activity of consciousness in order to build a semantic system of experiences and a structure of meaningful formation in PSR, which allows a person to be selfconscious of life. PSR is understood as a synergistic system of mental activity in the unity of consciousness and unconscious automatisms and attitudes, in the dynamics of the sociocultural interaction of an individual. During the research of PSR of the individual a semantic approach was used to study conscious self-governance of a person. Materials and methods. Sample of students (N=2000, ages 15-50, males 520, females 1480). The study was conducted in a natural setting during training sessions in psychological disciplines in the regions of Ukraine and Crimea (over 17 years). A quasi-experiment was used during introspection of a students work group setting. In a series of introspection experiments, participants completed tasks: stop thoughts, control and organize images, emotions, inner speech, and attention. The semantic properties of the functioning mechanisms of the information-synergetic system of the PSR of the individual, as well as the mechanism of controlling attention with the help of thinking in the organization with stream of thoughts in the mind, were studied. Results. The semantic specificity was revealed in autonomous thought formation of PSR by the inability to stop the stream of thoughts. The need for specificity of governance in PSR by the process of thinking with the help of directed or faceted inner speech with a goal or figurative representations (conscious self-organization of the thought-building process) was seen. The specificity of the automation of the thought-building of consciousness in the aspect of the subjectivity of the semantics of experience became apparent. Further studied was the ability to independently organize a stream of thoughts in autogenic training and meditation, as well as manage the existing automated anxiety complex, transform its content and meaning. Conclusion. As a result of the autonomy of PSR, the subject acts as an "observer" regarding the ongoing processes and phenomena in their mental space, being identified as their thinking and consciousness. The PSR of a person, as a system, functions largely in an autonomous mode of the flow of information-semantic associative-logical programs. An essential task of PSR in life is the management of negative emotions that cause stress and require coping or restructuring by adaptation programs. When emotions fill the content of thinking with meaning. One can manage their thoughts and emotional disturbances, and therefore, mental experience can be carried out by directing attention in that space by organizing the target stream of thought with the help of inner speech and images. All in all directing attention in the right direction of mental activity and turning off other channels of activity.

ФИЛОСОФСКО-ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ ТЕОРИИ САМОРЕГУЛЯЦИИ

The article is devoted to the study of the interdisciplinary phenomenon of self-regulation. Within the framework of this topic, various approaches to understanding the process of self-regulation proposed by domestic and foreign researchers are considered. A review of the key concept of the leading Russian expert in the field of psychology of self-regulation of personality V. I. Morosanova and her questionnaire “style of self-regulation of behavior”, used to assess the degree of development of self-regulation processes and measures of formation of strategic structures of individual self-consciousness. Based on socio-philosophical analysis, it is shown that the level of self-regulation changes significantly in different periods of life: from low and rapidly growing in childhood, continuing high and stable in middle age, and ending with a slow decline after 30 years. The characteristic reasons for reducing or increasing the level of self-regulation in people of different ages were revealed. Described wide range of adjustment procedures samoregulyatsii low ability individuals, including methods that do not require special training - situational (switch, self-hypnosis), recitative (active neuromuscular relaxation and ideomotor training), system (introspection, self-analysis) and more complex, requiring a monitoring specialista method of biofeedback, meditation, autogenic training.

RELIABILITY OF SELF-REGULATION AS A RESOURCE FOR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGH-RISK OCCUPATIONS

Relevance. In occupations with high demands for resistance to stress, the reliability of conscious self-regulation is considered an important factor ensuring personnel reliability. This interdisciplinary study takes place at the intersection of general psychology, psychology of self-regulation, labor psychology, professional psychology, and extreme psychology. Objective. To study the reliability of self-regulation as a universal and special resource for achieving goals under stressful conditions in high-risk occupations. Methodology. Representatives of high-risk occupations — sailors (N = 139), pilots (N = 33), rescuers (N = 123) — and low-risk professions (teachers, N = 154) took part in the study. Individual differences in self-regulation and its reliability under stress were assessed by means of the Self-Regulation Profile Questionnaire (V.I. Morosanova & N.G. Kondratyuk, 2011). Results. Self-regulation and its reliability in stressful conditions were found to be significantly greater among the high-risk professions than the low-risk ones. There were no significant differences in self-regulation reliability between the different groups of high-risk professionals. Using one-way ANOVA and Cohen’s effect size measures, differences in self-regulation variables were found between experts and novices for different professional groups. Among sailors and pilots, significant differences were found between experts and novices only for one variable: reliability of self-regulation. Quite the opposite result was obtained for the teachers: Experts differ significantly from novices in all self-regulation parameters except for reliability of self-regulation. Conclusion. The study substantiated the view that reliability of self-regulation is a universal and special regulatory resource for professional goal achievement. The research results allow us to conclude that in high-risk occupations, reliability of self-regulation may serve as a professional resource ensuring efficiency, faultless operation, and safety.

Treatment of Depression From a Self-Regulation Perspective: Basic Concepts and Applied Strategies in Self-System Therapy.

Self-regulation models of psychopathology provide a theory-based, empirically supported framework for developing psychotherapeutic interventions that complement and extend current cognitive-behavioral models. However, many clinicians are only minimally familiar with the psychology of self-regulation. The aim of the present manuscript is twofold. First, we provide an overview of self-regulation as a motivational process essential to well-being and introduce two related theories of self-regulation which have been applied to depression. Second, we describe how self-regulatory concepts and processes from those two theories have been translated into psychosocial interventions, focusing specifically on self-system therapy (SST), a brief structured treatment for depression that targets personal goal pursuit. Two randomized controlled trials have shown that SST is superior to cognitive therapy for depressed clients with specific self-regulatory deficits, and both studies found evidence that SST works in part by restoring adaptive self-regulation. Self-regulation-based psychotherapeutic approaches to depression hold significant promise for enhancing treatment efficacy and ultimately may provide an individualizable framework for treatment planning.

Развитие идей саморегуляции в исторической ретроспективе

Psychology of self-regulation is a relatively new but rapidly developing branch of psychological science. It has integrated many of the ideas that were initially born within the framework of physiology and cybernet¬ics. Interpretations of mechanisms underlying self-regulation are closely related to the general principles of dynamic systems' functioning on the basis of feedback. These principles were defined in the works of the Russian physiologists N.A. Bernstein and P.K. Anokhin and in the cybernetic models of Western scientists. Ideas of L.S. Vygotsky, S.L. Rubinstein, A.N. Leontiev, P. Janet, J. Piaget and others have also had a significant impact on the development of modern concepts of self-regulation. The paper provides a historical insight into the origins of ideas of self-regulation and shows how they have evolved from the concept of self-regulation as adaptation to the concepts of reasonable changes, subjective activity, conscious self-regulation, self-determi¬nation and self-efficacy, and individual styles of self-regulation.

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A new theoretical perspective on deception detection: On the psychology of instrumental mind-reading

To be able to assess the veracity of statements offered by suspects, witnesses and alleged victims is of paramount importance in legal settings. The aim of this paper is to provide an initial piece of scientific support for the idea that psychologically informed mind-reading can improve people's ability to detect deception. To this end, a theoretical framework is sketched; a framework resting upon psychological notions from three domains: (a) the psychology of mind-reading, (b) the psychology of self-regulation, and (c) the psychology of guilt and innocence. Importantly, the term mind-reading is used in an instrumental (vs descriptive) manner, where the goal is to improve the ability to predict a person's behaviour (not to read the content of a person's mind). It is argued that the mind-reading process can be facilitated by theoretical and empirical work pertaining to ‘the psychology of guilt’ and ‘the psychology of innocence’. Using psychologically informed mind-reading, predictions of guilty and innocent suspects’ behaviour are specified, and gauged against existing empirical work. Finally, a recently published training study is used to illustrate how the outcome of instrumental mind-reading can be translated into interview tactics, and ultimately improve interviewers’ ability to detect deception.

Toward Consensus in the Psychology of Self-Regulation: How Far Have We Come? How Far Do We Have Yet to Travel?

Toward Consensus in the Psychology of Self-Regulation: How Far Have We Come? How Far Do We Have Yet to Travel?