2015
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2015.1049348
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Beliefs About Willpower Are Related to Therapy Adherence and Psychological Adjustment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract: Research suggests that self-control, the ability to forego immediate needs for the sake of future rewards, promotes health behavior. The present study examined the role of beliefs about willpower as predictor of self-control in the context of diabetes. Seventy-nine type 2 diabetes patients reported their beliefs about willpower, therapy adherence (i.e., self-care activities, diet, exercise), and psychological adjustment (i.e., emotional distress, well-being, life quality). Endorsing the belief that willpower i… Show more

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“…One practical implication of the present research is that willpower theories might matter for subjective well-being in certain groups of people who face high self-regulatory demands, such as people with chronic diseases like diabetes (Bernecker & Job, 2015a), people trying to lose weight, people with jobs that demand a great deal of emotion regulation (e.g., teachers, nurses), or young parents. For instance, it would be interesting to test whether willpower theories predict the extent to which young parents remain able to strive for personal goals and do things that are personally important and whether this in turn affects their subjective wellbeing.…”
Section: Practical Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…One practical implication of the present research is that willpower theories might matter for subjective well-being in certain groups of people who face high self-regulatory demands, such as people with chronic diseases like diabetes (Bernecker & Job, 2015a), people trying to lose weight, people with jobs that demand a great deal of emotion regulation (e.g., teachers, nurses), or young parents. For instance, it would be interesting to test whether willpower theories predict the extent to which young parents remain able to strive for personal goals and do things that are personally important and whether this in turn affects their subjective wellbeing.…”
Section: Practical Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…While these subscales correlate with one other, nuances in peoples' beliefs also predict their particular responses to those particular types of activities. For example, beliefs about strenuous physical activity being fatiguing are more related to physical activity, while beliefs about resisting temptations are more related to healthy eating (Bernecker & Job, ; Bernecker & Job, ). Other categories of activities—like empathizing (Cameron, Hutcherson, Ferguson, Scheffer, & Inzlicht, ) or being in positions of power (Egan & Hirt, )—might also be seen as fatiguing for some people but as neutral or energizing for others.…”
Section: Measuring Willpower Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Someone else could have generally low self‐control yet believe that strenuous mental activity improves their ability to engage in more self‐control. Furthermore, particularly when contrasting low‐demand and high‐demand situations, willpower theories are more predictive of outcomes than is trait self‐control (e.g., Bernecker & Job, ; Job, Walton, et al, ). This pattern of results supports the conceptual distinction of willpower theories and trait self‐control by suggesting that, even though a person might have high trait self‐control, believing that willpower is limited undermines their self‐control capacity specifically when self‐control demands accumulate.…”
Section: Measuring Willpower Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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