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Practice makes perfect: Repeatedly dealing with response conflict facilitates its identification and speed of resolution

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: People repeatedly encounter response conflicts (i.e., self-control dilemmas between long-term and short-term goals). A longitudinal study was conducted to investigate how resolution of response conflict develops over time. Participants pursued a long-term goal. The design entailed pre- and post-measurements, as well as daily/weekly measures using a mobile application over a range of 10–110 days. Of the 180 people participating in the pre-measurement, 90 also completed the post-measurement. Over time, people became faster at successfully resolving response conflicts. The same response conflicts became bigger over time. Repeatedly being confronted with response conflicts facilitates resolution of these conflicts, by improving the identification of these conflicts, resulting in faster resolution.

Source: Journal of Research in Personality

DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103955

Authors: M. Gillebaart, J. Benjamins, A. van der Weiden, J.F. Ybema, D. De Ridder

Institution: Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral Health and Interventions

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,050

OpenAlex ID: W3015600569

FWCI: 10.65

Cites: 37

Cited by: 53

Related to: 10