Social contingency effects on self-control

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21530748
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Doshisha University
Principal Investigator	SUGIWAKA Hiroko 同志社大学, 心理学部, 教授 (90257171)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	セルフ・コントロール / 他者 / 社会的随伴性 / 行動産物 / 公示 / 自己記録 / ABデザイン / 運動の継続 / 他者介在型 / 自己完結型 / 状況要因 / セルフ・コントロールの評価 / 自己完結型セルフ・コントロール / 他者介在型セルフ・コントロール
Research Abstract	The present study examined the influences of social contingency on self-control in daily life by two questionnaire surveys and one experiment using the AB design. Major findings were as follows ; (1) Self-control can be classified into two large groups depending on the degree of influences of social factors ; that is, a kind of self-sufficient control, and self-control which employs the existence of others efficiently, (2) They both more adopted in difficult conditions, (3) The latter had an effect which increases the frequency of target behaviors.