{"product_id":"personal-control-in-action-cognitive-and-motivational-mechanisms-the-springer-series-in-social-clinical-psychology-0306457202","title":"Personal Control in Action: Cognitive and Motivational Mechanisms (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0306457202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kofta, Miroslaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman beings are agents: They may exert influence over their own fate. They initiate their actions, experience a considerable degree of freedom and control in their mundane activities, and respond adversely to external constraints to their agency; they are able to monitor and modify their moti- vation, affective states, and behavior. Since the sixties, the notion of person-as-agent has become increas- ingly accepted in scientific psychology. Nowadays, personal control is a standard topic in research on personality, motivation, and social behavior. The most popular approach identifies personal control with a feeling or judgment: To have control means to perceive the self as a source of causa- tion. Within this perspective, such consciously accessible contents like perceived freedom and self-determination, feelings and expectations of control, or perceived self-efficacy and competence emerge as natural tar- gets of research (see e.g., Alloy, Clements, \u0026amp; Koenig, 1993; Bandura, 1977; OeCharms, 1968; Oeci \u0026amp; Ryan, 1985; Harvey, 1976; Rotter, 1966; Thomp- son, 1993; Wortman, 1975).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735486562592,"sku":"NEW0306457202","price":126.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61VDlPWymmL.jpg?v=1779486103","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/personal-control-in-action-cognitive-and-motivational-mechanisms-the-springer-series-in-social-clinical-psychology-0306457202","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}