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The coachee's self is central to coaching. Yet the roles that different self‐related concepts play in coaching have been insufficiently studied. Specifically, self‐control and self‐regulation have been conflated or treated as identical concepts. Using the theory of personality systems interactions, we investigated how the development of self‐management competencies (SMCs) within coaching facilitates coaching success in two studies with professional samples. Additionally, we examined how coaches support coachees' development of these competencies. Study 1 employed a longitudinal design. Caregivers working as managers engaged in a 5‐month coaching programme. Goal attainment increased, need frustration decreased and the SMCs self‐regulation and self‐access increased, with self‐regulation predicting coachees' goal attainment. In Study 2, we conceptually replicated the finding that self‐regulation is positively related to coaching success. With a cross‐sectional design, we matched self‐reported data of 298 coachees with self‐reported data of their 75 respective coaches. In a structural equation model, we found that a strong coaching relationship reported by the coaches positively related to the SMCs reported by the coachees. Self‐regulation again showed the strongest effect on coaching success. These findings provide theoretical insights into the different effects of self‐regulation and self‐control on coaching effectiveness and suggest areas of focus for coaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The neurocognitive mechanisms underlying self-determined motivation have been examined from the perspectives of both PSI and SDT [e.g., Ryan ([30]), Quirin et al. ([29]), and Koole et al. ([13])]. 10.1002/per.2295 29 Quirin, M., Tops, M., Kuhl, J., (2019). Research within SDT has similarly sought to understand the neurocognitive substrates of volitional motivation and existing studies suggest some points of overlap with PSI theory (Ryan and Deci, [32]). J. Indiv. Diff. 39, 1-17. 10.1027/1614-0001/a000244 28 Quirin, M., Robinson, M. D., Rauthmann, J. F., Kuhl, J., Read, S. J., Tops, M., (2020). [Extracted from the article]

Over the last few decades, most personality psychology research has been focused on assessing personality via scores on a few broad traits and investigating how these scores predict various behaviours and outcomes. This approach does not seek to explain the causal mechanisms underlying human personality and thus falls short of explaining the proximal sources of traits as well as the variation of individuals' behaviour over time and across situations. On the basis of the commonalities shared by influential process‐oriented personality theories and models, we describe a general dynamics of personality approach (DPA). The DPA relies heavily on theoretical principles applicable to complex adaptive systems that self‐regulate via feedback mechanisms, and it parses the sources of personality in terms of various psychological functions relevant in different phases of self‐regulation. Thus, we consider personality to be rooted in individual differences in various cognitive, emotional–motivational, and volitional functions, as well as their causal interactions. In this article, we lay out 20 tenets for the DPA that may serve as a guideline for integrative research in personality science. © 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Personality published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Association of Personality Psychology [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A longitudinal study examined women's clinic attendance for treatment and follow-up after having received an abnormal cervical screening result. Participants (N = 660) completed questionnaire measures of variables specified by the theory of planned behavior and J. Kuhl' s (2000) measure of low volitional control--reactance--prior to receiving up to 3 subsequent appointments during the following 15 months. The theory of planned behavior was capable of predicting persistent attendance and discriminated women who kept all of their scheduled appointments from those who dropped out from treatment. Consideration of reactance enhanced prediction of behavior and discriminated between women who delayed appointment keeping and women who ceased attending. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Keywords: willpower; volition; integrative self-knowledge; self-determination; personality systems interactions theory EN willpower volition integrative self-knowledge self-determination personality systems interactions theory N.PAG N.PAG 1 05/08/21 20210505 NES 210505 In the original article, there is a redundant heading at the start of the text that reads: I EFFORTLESS WILLPOWER? THE INTEGRATIVE SELF AS A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SYSTEM FACILITATING EFFORTLESS WILLPOWER THROUGH SELF-DETERMINED REGULATION i This heading should be removed from the article. Willpower, volition, integrative self-knowledge, self-determination, personality systems interactions theory. [Extracted from the article]