Reference : The relation between Self-Control, Need for Cognition and Action Orientation in secon...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Education & instruction
	Focus Areas :	Educational Sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/55651

Title :	The relation between Self-Control, Need for Cognition and Action Orientation in secondary school students: A conceptual replication study
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Colling, Joanne [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET >]
	Wollschläger, Rachel [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET >]
	Keller, Ulrich [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET >]
	Grass, Julia [Chemnitz University of Technology > Department of Psychology > Personality Psychology and Assessment]
	Strobel, Anja [Chemnitz University of Technology > Department of Psychology > Personality Psychology and Assessment]
	Preckel, Franzis [University of Trier > Department of Psychology > Giftedness Research and Education]
	Fischbach, Antoine [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Education and Social Work (DESW) >]
Publication date :	9-Jun-2023
Journal title :	PLoS ONE
Publisher :	Public Library of Science
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
e-ISSN :	1932-6203
City :	San Franscisco
Country :	United States - California
Keywords :	[en] Need for Cognition ; Self-Control ; Action Orientation ; Large-scale Testing ; Secondary Education ; Replication Study
Abstract :	[en] Self-Control can be defined as the self-initiated effortful process that enables individuals to resist temptation impulses. It is relevant for conducting a healthy and successful life. For university students, Grass et al. (2019) found that Need for Cognition as the tendency to engage in and enjoy thinking, and Action Orientation as the flexible recruitment of control resources in cognitively demanding situations, predict Self-Control. Further, Action Orientation partially mediated the relation between Need for Cognition and Self-Control. In the present conceptual replication study, we investigated the relations between Self-Control, Need for Cognition, and Action Orientation in adolescence (N = 892 9th graders) as a pivotal period for the development of Self-control. We replicated the findings that Need for Cognition and Action Orientation predict Self-Control and that Action Orientation partially mediates the relation between Need for Cognition and Self-Control. In addition, Action Orientation moderates the relation between Need for Cognition and Self-Control. This result implies that in more action-oriented students Need for Cognition more strongly predicted Self-Control than in less action-oriented students. Our findings strengthen theoretical assumptions that Need for Cognition and Action Orientation are important cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to the successful exertion of Self-Control.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/55651
DOI :	10.1371/journal.pone.0286714

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