Motivation Science: How do people become more self-disciplined?

February 2, 2021 / / --- self-control can greatly affect happiness and objective success in life.
many people agree that a high degree of self-control is beneficial, how to help people achieve higher self-control is a big problem.
as training in any field, self-control training is influenced by the basic question of whether a person has the motivation to improve self-control.
recent research has found just how strong people's desire for self-control (DSC) is, and reveals the factors that influence it.
(Photo Source: www.pixabay.com the desire for self-control reflects a desire for self-control.
this desire is influenced by social or cultural needs and internal motivations.
a new study led by Bayland University in Israel, the University of Queensland in Australia and the Texas Tech University in the United States, researchers are trying to find elements that encourage people to experience higher levels of DSC.
their findings were recently published in the APA journal Motivation Science.
the study involved four separate studies.
in all studies, individuals with low self-control showed higher DSCs.
is that those who have long thought they can't control themselves want more (reflecting a lack of ability).
, however, that these four studies show that DSCs also depend on an individual's feeling that self-control is needed to achieve current goals (reflecting necessity).
study 1, people expressed fear of failure to achieve their goals, while in study 2, this necessity was expressed by linking DSC to goals to be achieved in the near future.
, studies 3 and 4 use experimental designs to show that awareness of the relevance of self-control to current goals (e.g., by understanding the difficult tasks ahead) leads to an increased desire for self-control.
study also found that a strong desire for self-control foreshadowed a greater willingness to participate in self-control training, highlighting the practical significance of understanding the basis of this desire.
findings add a missing link in understanding the process of controlling people's ability to develop better self-control.
they also stressed the need to address the desire for better self-control and to understand its role in achieving practical behaviour aimed at improving self-control, which is an important factor in programmes aimed at improving self-control.
(Bioon.com) Source: What makes people want more self-control? Original source: Liad Uziel et al, What makes people want more self-control: A duo of dedi and necessity., Motivation Science (2021). DOI: 10.1037/mot0000213