Personal Control In Action: Cognitive And Motivational Mechanisms

PERSONAL CONTROL IN ACTION COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL MECHANISMS THE PLENUM SERIES IN SOCIAL/CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Series Editor: C. R. Snyder University at Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Current Volumes in the Series: ADVANCED PERSONALITY Edited by David F. Barone, Michel Hersen, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt AGGRESSION Biological, Developmental, and Social Perspectives Edited by Seymour Feshbach and Jolanta Zagrodzka AVERSIVE INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIORS Edited by Robin M. Kowalski COERCION AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT ANew Frontier in Mental Health Law , Edited by Deborah L Dennis and John Monahan PATHOLOGICAL SELF-CRITICISM Assessment and Treatment Raymond M. Bergner PERSONAL CONTROL IN ACTION Cognitive and Motivational Mechanisms Edited by Miroslaw Kofta, Gifford Weary, and Grzegorz Sedek THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VANDALISM Arnold P. Goldstein SELF-EFFICACY, ADAPTATION, AND ADJUSTMENT Theory, Research, and Application Edited by James E. Maddux SOCIAL COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY History and Current Domains David F. Barone, James E. Maddux, and C. R. Snyder SOURCEBOOK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PERSONALITY Edited by Gregory R. Pierce, Brian Lakey, Irwin G. Sarason, and Barbara R. Sarason A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. PERSONAL CONTROL IN ACTION COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL MECHANISMS EDITED BY MIROSLAW KOFTA University of Warsaw Warsaw, Poland GIFFORD WEARY The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio AND GRZEGORZ SEDEK University of Warsaw Warsaw, Poland SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Personal control in action cognitive and motivational mechanisms I edited by Miroslaw Kofta. Gifford Weary. and Grzegorz Sedek. p. cm. -- (The Plenum series in social/clinical psychologyl Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4419-3285-3 ISBN 978-1-4757-2901-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-2901-6 1. Self-control. 2. Self-management (Psychologyl 1. Kofta. Miroshw. II. Weary. Gifford. 1951III. Sedek. Grzegorz. IV. Series. BF632.P46 1998 153.8--dc21 98-21501 CIP ISBN 978-1-4419-3285-3 © 1998 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenurn Press, New York in 1998 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover lst edition 1998 http://www.plenum.com AlI rights reserved 10 9 8 76 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher CONTRIBUTORS JURGEN BECKMANN, Institute for Sports Science, University of Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam, Germany JACK W. BREHM, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 DAPHNE BLUNT BUGENTAL, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 BEVERLY H. BRUMMETT, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 JOSEPH CIARROCHI, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia DARIUSZ DOLINSKI, Department of Psychology,