The Influence of Purpose in Life on Alcohol Self-Regulation Failure Among Male Inpatients with Alcohol Use Disorder: the Mediation Effects of Self-Control and Abstinence Self-Efficacy

Many patients with alcohol use disorder experienced insomnia or sleep disturbances. However, their sleep problems rarely addressed in the treatment process. It may prove beneficial if treatment programs should intend to help prevent the recurrence of alcohol use disorder by solving patients’ sleep-induced problems and accordingly include appropriate sleep interventions. The present study employed a descriptive design and conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the relationship among sleep quality, score on the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES), abstinence self-efficacy, and quality of life in inpatients with alcohol use disorders. Data were collected from June to August 2018, from 117 patients admitted to the psychiatric ward for alcohol-use patients in two mental hospitals in South Korea. Sleep quality was significantly correlated with the SOCRATES score (r = .247, p = .007) and quality of life (r = -.346, p = .001). However, it showed no relationship with abstinence self-efficacy (r = -.066, p = .477). These findings suggest that abstinence programs need to employ a comprehensive approach instead of primarily focusing on maintaining abstinence and cessation of alcohol use. However, both sleep disturbances and alcohol abstinence require patience and prolonged treatment. Thus, it is a challenge to design concrete interventions to address the sleep problems experienced by patients with alcohol use disorder.

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The role of self-control, self-efficacy, metacognition, and motivation in predicting school achievement

Psihologija ◽

10.2298/psi180202027d ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 35-52

Author(s):

Vladimir Dzinovic ◽

Rajka Djevic ◽

Ivana Djeric

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Structural Model ◽

School Achievement ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Self Control ◽

Future Research ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Regulated Learning ◽

Eighth Grade Students

Self-control and self-regulated learning refer to those processes and strategies whereby individuals exert agency in facing educational demands. This study tested a structural model which predicts that self-control has direct effect on school achievement, as well as mediated by metacognitive self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and regulatory motivational styles as the variables related to self-regulated learning. The research was carried out on a stratified random sample of 575 eighth grade students. It was shown that the effect of self-control on achievement is mediated by self-efficacy. In other words, students who have heightened selfcontrol and believe in their own ability to meet school demands will be successful in school regardless of the complexity of their learning or whether they are autonomously motivated. The implications of such a finding were considered, as well as the limitations of the research and the indications for future research.

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Parenting and Adolescent Self-Regulation Mediate Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Adjustment

The Journal of Early Adolescence ◽

10.1177/0272431615611253 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 502-524 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Julee P. Farley ◽

Jungmeen Kim-Spoon

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Substance Use ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Parental Knowledge ◽

Self Control ◽

Adolescent Adjustment ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Family Stress Model ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status

Using two waves of longitudinal data, we utilized the family stress model of economic hardship to test whether family socioeconomic status is related to adolescent adjustment (substance use and academic achievement) through parental knowledge and adolescent self-regulation (behavioral self-control and delay discounting). Participants included 220 adolescent (55% male, [Formula: see text]age = 13 years at Wave 1, [Formula: see text]age = 15 years at Wave 2) and primary caregiver dyads. Results of Structural Equation Modeling revealed significant three-path mediation effects such that low family socioeconomic status at Wave 1 is associated with low parental knowledge at Wave 1, which in turn was related to low academic performance and high substance use at Wave 2 mediated through low adolescent behavioral self-control at Wave 2. The results illustrate how parental knowledge, influenced by family economic status, may play an important role in the development of adolescent behavioral self-control and adjustment.

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Life Goals Increase Self-regulation among Male Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

Substance Use & Misuse ◽

10.1080/10826084.2018.1424912 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (10) ◽

pp. 1666-1673 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sung-Doo Won ◽

Im-Yel Kim

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Alcohol Use Disorder ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Life Goals ◽

Male Patients

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Poster - Structured and Unstructured Self-Regulation

10.31219/osf.io/wrjg4 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Luiz Victorino

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Explanatory Models ◽

Goal Achievement ◽

Self Control ◽

Jigsaw Puzzle ◽

Recent Contribution ◽

Moderation Effects ◽

The Past ◽

Specific Goal

Self-regulation has been investigated on the past decades in many fields, and despite the fact thatcontributions have enlightened the understanding of a vast array of behaviors, the development ofgeneral explanatory models hardly reaches a consensus. A recent contribution on the field suggeststhat the presence or absence of a goal may lead to different self-regulatory states, in which theindividual would think and behave differently, facilitating goal achievement when there is a goal, orenvironmental adaptation, when there is not. Those states were defined as structured and unstructuredself-regulation and even though this line of research has potential to give significant contributions, it isimportant to develop a better description of those states, for example, in terms of which variables mayhave influence on the process. In an effort towards the development of a model based on the suggestedself-regulatory states, a sequence of experiments was conducted to test the moderation effects of selfcontrol(experiment 1) and self-efficacy (experiment 2) on the relation between goal presence/absenceand task performance. On experiment 1 participants were randomly selected for two groups, goal or nogoal, in which they had to perform a task with or without a specific goal. The performance on the taskwas measured and the moderation effects of self-control were investigated. On experiment 2, the sameprocedure was conducted but self-efficacy was tested as a moderator. On experiment 1 the task was tofinish a jigsaw puzzle and on experiment 2 it was the Tower of London task. At this point the resultssuggest that the model is feasible, with moderation effects found for self-control and self-efficacy. Also,the presence of a goal affected the performance on both tasks, suggesting that the model could be asignificant contribution to a better understanding of self-regulation.

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Prevalence of Relapse of Alcohol Use Disorder and the Association With Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support in Butabika Hospital

10.21203/rs.3.rs-515362/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kenneth Kalani ◽

Janet Nakigudde ◽

Caroline Birungi ◽

Joy Gumikiriza- Onoria ◽

Nelson Mukiza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Marital Status ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Alcohol Use Disorder ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Multivariable Analysis ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

P Value ◽

Study Objective

Abstract Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a problem globally and Uganda has one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Relapse is a distressing aspect in the treatment of AUD and it is mediated by self-efficacy and perceived social support besides other psychosocial factors. In Uganda, there is paucity of data regarding relapse of AUD and the association with self-efficacy and perceived social support hence the need to carry out this study. Objective To determine the prevalence of relapse of AUD and the association with self-efficacy and perceived social support at Butabika hospital. Methods A cross-sectional study design was used and 269 participants that received treatment for AUD at hospital in the period between 1st /01/2016 and 31st /12/2017 were consecutively recruited. Participants were assessed for relapse of AUD using the SCID-5 substance use disorder section. Data was collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire, the general self-efficacy scale and the multidimensional scale for perceived social support. Data was entered in Epidata 3.0 and imported into STATA version 14 for analysis. Chi square test and logistic regression were used at bi-variable and multivariable analysis respectively to determine associations. Results The prevalence of relapse of AUD among the 269 participants was 63.3% (170). Of those who relapsed, 98% (167) had severe AUD. Participants with a marital status of single were less likely to relapse into alcohol use than those with a marital status of; separated or divorced (OR = 6.81; 95% CI = 1.53–30.32; p-value = 0.012) and married (OR = 2.86; 95% CI = 1.07–7.65; p-value = 0.037). Male participants were more likely to relapse into AUD than the females (OR = 0.19; 95%CI = 0.04–0.86; p-value = 0.03). Participants with higher perceived social support (OR = 0.85; 95% CI = 0.81–0.9; p-value = < 0.001) were less likely to relapse into AUD. Self-efficacy (OR = 0.93; 95% CI = 0.85-1; p-value = 0.061) was not significantly associated with relapse of AUD. Conclusion The prevalence of relapse of AUD is high and is associated with perceived social support, marital status of; separated, divorced or married, and female gender. Relapse prevention programs should emphasize the importance of social support in the management of patients with AUD. Further research to assess the relationship between relapse of AUD among married people is recommended.

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Volitional component of the personality’s psychological safety of physicians and their professional success

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021020019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 210 ◽

pp. 20019

Author(s):

Anna Koteneva ◽

Anna Litvinova ◽

Aleksej Kokurin

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Psychological Safety ◽

Self Control ◽

Professional Skills ◽

Professional Success ◽

Expert Assessments ◽

High Level ◽

High Degree

The article is devoted to the study of the features of the volitional component of the personality’s psychological security and its impact on the professional success of extreme physicians. The results of the study of resuscitators and ambulance physicians (70 people, average age 47.9 years) show that a high level of volitional self-regulation is combined with such strong-willed qualities as perseverance, self-control, self-government, as well as self-control in various spheres of life. Professional success of physicians at the stage of “middle maturity” is characterized not only by a high level of development of personal, psychological and professional qualities, formed skills, effectiveness of medical manipulations, but also by high degree of self-efficacy in the fields of activity and interpersonal. The higher the level of volitional self-regulation of physicians, the higher the effectiveness of their activities according to expert assessments and self-efficacy in the field of activity. All physicians, regardless of the level of volitional self-regulation, have a high level of self-control in the emotional sphere and self-efficacy in the field of interpersonal relations, as well as well-formed professional skills and abilities.

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