Publications [#252132] of Rick Hoyle

Journal Articles

1. Delose, JE; vanDellen, MR; Hoyle, RH (2015). First on the List: Effectiveness at Self-Regulation and Prioritizing Difficult Exercise Goal Pursuit. Self and Identity, 14(3), 271-289. [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/25)

   Abstract:
   Identifying and understanding the goal pursuit strategies that distinguish effective self-regulators from less-effective self-regulators are important for elucidating how individuals achieve their goals. We suggest that the timing of plans for difficult goal pursuits is one differentiation. A pilot study shows that effective self-regulators tend to believe they are best suited to pursue difficult goals earlier in the day, and two studies provide evidence that effective and less-effective self-regulators differ in the timing of their plans for difficult goal pursuits. Results indicate that when exercising is perceived as difficult goal pursuit, effective self-regulators prioritize that difficult goal pursuit by planning to exercise earlier in the day whereas less-effective self-regulators plan exercise for later in the day.