Stop and start control: A distinction within self‐control |
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| Authors: | Benjamin J. de Boer Edwin A. J. van Hooft Arnold B. Bakker |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A theoretical distinction within self‐control, between stop control and start control, was investigated in two studies. Study 1 consisted of a pilot study in which expert ratings of existing self‐control items were used to distinguish between stop and start control items and a confirmatory factor analyses of these items using a student sample (N = 474). Also, stop and start control were related to overall affect and behavioural outcomes. Stop control was negatively related to negative affect, whereas start control was positively related to positive affect. Study 2 (N = 226) replicated some of these findings; stop control was the best predictor (?) of smoking and alcohol consumption whereas start control was the best predictor (+) of exercising and studying. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | affect self‐control start control stop control |
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