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Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications.

2009; American Psychological Association; Volume: 135; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/a0014213

1939-1455

Michael E. McCullough, Brian L. B. Willoughby,

Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Many of the links of religiousness with health, well-being, and social behavior may be due to religion's influences on self-control or self-regulation. Using Carver and Scheier's (1998) theory of self-regulation as a framework for organizing the empirical research, the authors review evidence relevant to 6 propositions: (a) that religion can promote self-control; (b) that religion influences how goals are selected, pursued, and organized; (c) that religion facilitates self-monitoring; (d) that religion fosters the development of self-regulatory strength; (e) that religion prescribes and fosters proficiency in a suite of self-regulatory behaviors; and (f) that some of religion's influences on health, well-being, and social behavior may result from religion's influences on self-control and self-regulation. The authors conclude with suggestions for future research.