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Review
. 2022 Jul 15:13:861493.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.861493. eCollection 2022.

Advances on Self-Regulation Models: A New Research Agenda Through the SR vs ER Behavior Theory in Different Psychology Contexts

Jesús de la Fuente  1   2 , José Manuel Martínez-Vicente  2 , Flavia H Santos  3 , Paul Sander  4 , Salvatore Fadda  5 , Angélica Karagiannopoulou  6 , Evely Boruchovitch  7 , Douglas F Kauffman  8
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Advances on Self-Regulation Models: A New Research Agenda Through the SR vs ER Behavior Theory in Different Psychology Contexts

Jesús de la Fuente et al. Front Psychol. .

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (1986) influenced the development of several complementary models of the construct of Self-Regulation. Building on the foundation of Self-Determination Theory, SDT (2000), and Zimmerman's Self-Regulation Theory, SR (2001), with their assumptions, contributions, goddesses, and limitations, we come to the Self- vs. External Regulatory Theory, SR-ER (2021). Finally, we integrate recent evidence demonstrating the explanatory adequacy of the SR vs. ER model for different psychological constructions in different settings related to education, health, clinical practice and social work. Complementary, a new theoretical and empirical research agenda is presented, to continue testing the adequacy of SR vs. ER assumptions, and to better understand the behavioral variability of the different constructs studied.

Keywords: Albert Bandura; self- vs. external regulation; self-determination; self-regulation; social cognitive theory.

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Figure 1
Graphic representation of regulation types: SR, Self-regulation; NR, Non-regulation; DR, Dys-Regulation. The X axis represents the degree of regulation (high-medium-low), while the Y axis shows directionality (+1, 0, −1).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Graphic representation of external regulation types: ER, External Regulation; ENR, External Non-regulation; EDR, External Dys-Regulation. The X axis represents the degree of external regulation (high-medium-low), while the Y axis shows the directionality of the external regulation (+1, 0, −1).
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