Intentional Self-Regulation in Youth: Applying Research Findings to Practice and Programs

Abstract Context: Spending on direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription pharmaceuticals has risen to record levels, five times as much as in 1996 in inflation-adjusted dollars. Major health care provider organizations have called for additional regulation of DTCA. These organizations argue that the negative impact of such advertising outweighs the informational value claimed by the pharmaceutical industry. The industry maintains that further restrictions on DTCA are not warranted because it is successfully self-regulating via “guiding principles” for DTCA as certified by firm executives. Methods: The authors measured recent industry spending on DTCA and used regression models of Nielsen Monitor-Plus data to assess pharmaceutical firm self-regulation after the public disclosure of noncompliance with industry self-regulatory principles, specifically regarding the exposure of children and adolescents to broadcast advertisements for erectile dysfunction drugs. Findings: Public disclosure of noncompliance with self-regulatory DTCA standards did not bring advertising into compliance. Results demonstrate that firms failed to meet the industry standard during every quarter of the six-year period of this study. Conclusions: Results support previous research findings that pharmaceutical self-regulation is a deceptive blocking strategy rather than a means for the industry to police itself. Policy recommendations include broadcast restrictions on adult content and deincentivizing DTCA via tax reform.

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A CROSS-LAGGED MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTOR-MENTEE RELATIONSHIPS AND INTENTIONAL SELF-REGULATION IN ADOLESCENCE

Journal of Community Psychology ◽

10.1002/jcop.21746 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 118-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Edmond P. Bowers ◽

Jun Wang ◽

Jonathan M. Tirrell ◽

Richard M. Lerner

Keyword(s):

Self Regulation ◽

Intentional Self Regulation

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Russian Legal Culture: An Analysis of Adaptive Response to an Institutional Transplant

Law & Social Inquiry ◽

10.1111/j.1747-4469.2009.01149.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 34 (02) ◽

pp. 337-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Marina Kurkchiyan

Keyword(s):

Social Environment ◽

Adaptive Response ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Legal Culture ◽

Internal Logic ◽

Key Players ◽

Research Findings ◽

Way Of Thinking ◽

Set Up

This article is an inquiry into Russian legal culture and is based on the assumption that any institution transplanted from one social environment to another will be reinterpreted and reshaped, so that it can be accepted into the receiving society. The process of adaptation creates an opportunity to examine the receiving society's established practices and way of thinking. To demonstrate their effects, this article explores the author's research findings carried out in two Russian towns where institutions of media self‐regulation were set up. The findings are analyzed comparatively in order to identify how the key players in the two towns interpreted the initial ideas, established procedures and rules for the newly set up institutions, and defined the roles that were attributed to them. The results of the two‐city case study are then used to interpret some specifics of the internal logic of the local legal culture.

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The Relationship between Religiosity, Self-Interest, and Impulse Buying: an Islamic Perspective

IQTISHADIA Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam ◽

10.21043/iqtishadia.v12i1.4501 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

Arif Hoetoro ◽

Muhammad Said Hannaf

Keyword(s):

Self Regulation ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Practical Method ◽

Impulse Buying ◽

Font Size ◽

Buying Behavior ◽

Self Interest ◽

Impulsive Buying ◽

Research Findings ◽

Islamic Economic

The expansion of e-commerce dramatically changes the spending patterns which are found a significant number of impulse buying. Practical method and easy way to buy specific goods from e-commerce might be an important factor why customers spent their money more impulsively. Researches on this phenomenon showed that psychological values emerged from religiusity condition and self-interest encouragement play as self-regulation for controlling impulsive buying behavior. Viewed from Islamic economic perspective, this study seeks to configurate self-interest (al-nafs) into three levels namely al-nafs al-ammarah, al-nafs al-lawwamah, and al-nafs al-muthmainnah when al-nafs involved in online impulse buying. The first two layers of al-nafs refer to the level of self-interest which are material oriented, whereas the last one represents the highest level of self-interest which is spiritual oriented. By employing 134 repondents from e-commerce customers in Jakarta, the research findings revealed that there was no relationship between religiusity and al-nafs al-ammarah and al-nafs al-lawwamah. However, al-nafs al-ammarah (sig.= 0.000) and al-nafs al-lawwamah (sig.=0.040) positively influenced impulse buying. Meanwhile, there was strong relationship between religiusity and al-nafs al-muthmainnah (sig.= 0.000) in which this highest level of self-interest did not have relationship with impulse buying. These research findings have important implications that in order to regulate impulsive buying behavior, customers should control their self-interest and make it to be al-nafs al-muthmainnah.

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On a Pathway Towards Thriving: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tools to Promote Positive Development and Intentional Self Regulation in Youth

Journal of Youth Development ◽

10.5195/jyd.2013.82 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Edmond P. Bowers ◽

Christopher M. Napolitano ◽

Miriam R. Arbeit ◽

Paul Chase ◽

Samantha A. Glickman ◽

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Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Youth Development ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Positive Development ◽

Mentoring Programs ◽

Validity Evidence ◽

The Core ◽

Intentional Self Regulation ◽

Navigational System

This article provides initial data about the reliability and validity of tools aimed at promoting youth intentional self regulation (ISR) within mentoring programs. Based on the translation of the theory-based research about ISR and youth thriving conducted within the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), the GPS to Success tools use the metaphor of a car’s GPS navigational system to enhance goal-directed behaviors among youth. The core GPS tools are “growth grids,” designed to help mentors appraise ISR skill development and to link these skills to other grids assessing the Five Cs of PYD and Contribution. Data from 152 mentor and youth pairs from 4-H program sites in Oregon and North Carolina indicated that the growth grids were generally reliable. Although validity evidence was mixed, rubrics for “G” and “P” and for a global GPS score were related to a well-validated measure of ISR.

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