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Lindner, Christoph; Retelsdorf, Jan – Educational Psychology, 2020
In the present study we investigated which role manipulated (i.e., experimentally induced) and perceived (i.e., self-reported) self-control depletion plays in students' (N = 176 seventh graders) achievement-related experiences and behaviour during a test of English as a foreign language, while controlling for trait self-control. Our successful…
Descriptors: Self Control, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Performance Factors
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Fischer, Rico; Gottschalk, Caroline; Dreisbach, Gesine – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Performing 2 highly similar tasks at the same time requires an adaptive regulation of cognitive control to shield prioritized primary task processing from between-task (cross-talk) interference caused by secondary task processing. In the present study, the authors investigated how implicitly and explicitly delivered information promotes the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Attention Control, Context Effect, Task Analysis
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Busch, Holger; Hofer, Jan – Developmental Psychology, 2012
In 2 separate studies, the idea is tested that the positive association between self-regulatory capacities and well-being is partly explained by the positive effect self-regulation has on the successful resolution of developmental crises in Eriksonian terms. In Study 1, attentional control, intimacy, and subjective well-being are assessed in 177…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Well Being, Intimacy, Young Adults