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dc.contributor.authorOaten, M
dc.contributor.authorCheng, K
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-29T23:48:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T23:38:41Z
dc.date.available2015-04-29T23:48:24Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T23:38:41Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.issn0197-3533
dc.identifier.doi10.1207/s15324834basp2801_1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/67474
dc.description.abstractAcademic examination stress impairs regulatory behavior by consuming self-control strength (Oaten & Cheng, 2005). In this study, we tested whether a study intervention program, a form of repeated practice of self-control, could improve regulatory strength and dampen the debilitating effects of exam stress. We assessed 2 cohorts at baseline and again at the commencement of exams. Without any intervention, we replicated our previous findings of deteriorations in regulatory behaviors at exam time. Students receiving the study program, however, showed significant improvement in self-regulatory capacity as shown by an enhanced performance on a visual tracking task following a thought-suppression task. During examinations, these participants also reported significant decreases in smoking, alcohol, and caffeine consumption and an increase in healthy eating, emotional control, maintenance of household chores, attendance to commitments, monitoring of spending, and an improvement in study habits. Hence, the study program not only overcame deficits caused by exam stress but actually led to improvements in self-control even during exam time.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeNew York
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto16
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBasic and Applied Social Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleImproved Self-Control: The Benefits of a Regular Program of Academic Study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyGriffith Health Faculty
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorOaten, Megan


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