The purpose of the current research is to develop a brief theory-based intervention adopting imagery-based motivational and self-control training behavior-change components and a randomized controlled factorial-design that will lead to a reduction in alcohol consumption among undergraduate students, an at-risk population, over a four-week period.
The intervention will adopt motivational and self-control training behavior-change techniques derived from psychological theory and use a randomized-controlled factorial design to examine the unique and interactive effect of each technique in on alcohol consumption.
Adolescent self-control training could also assist in preventing emotional eating.
A review of the literature uncovered 17 studies that have employed a randomized control design to investigate the efficacy of behavioral self-control training for problem drinking.
Cognitive reappraisal relies on executive functions, whereas there is some evidence that self-control training, cognitive control training, and mindfulness can improve executive functions.
The current study attempted to design and test a comprehensive self-control training (CSCT) program with an overall emphasis on behaviral activation in depressed Chinese college students.
The results of this meta-analysis also favored behavioral self-control training over traditional abstinence-oriented treatment, but the effect size fell short of statistical significance.
This article reviews recent experimental basic science research on four interventions designed to reduce reactive aggression: cognitive reappraisal, self-control training, cognitive control training, and mindfulness.
A meta-analysis of these 17 studies showed that behavioral self-control training was superior to no intervention and alternative nonabstinence-oriented interventions in reducing both alcohol consumption and problematic drinking.
Additional analyses found self-control training to be equally effective for use with alcohol-dependent and problem-drinking subjects and for follow-ups spanning several months to several years.
McGonigal presents strategies and exercises for developing self-control, training the brain for willpower.
