Self-control and Task Timing Shift Self-efficacy and Influence Willingness to Engage in Effortful Tasks

Self-efficacy constitutes a key factor that influences people's inclination to engage in effortful tasks. In this study, we focus on an interesting interplay between two prominent factors known to influence engagement in effortful tasks: the timing of the task (i.e., whether the task is schedul...

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Main Authors: Danit Ein-Gar, Yael Steinhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01788/full