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Social Control, Informal
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Definition of 'Social Control, Informal'Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment. Common names: Social Control, Informal; Self Regulation; Regulation, Self; Regulations, Self; Self Regulations; Informal Social Control; Control, Informal Social; Controls, Informal Social; Informal Social Controls; Social Controls, Informal |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Aug 2009 
This study examines mediation of the association between social norms and unsafe sexual behavior. Self-report data were collected from 675 HIV-infected men enrolled in a study exploring interventions for HIV risk behavior. Unsafe sex included any ... Read more...
Thinking about my generation: adaptive effects of a dual age identity in later adulthood.
30 Aug 2009 Growing old involves experiences of losses. Yet, it is not clear whether one's cohort group membership poses a resource in later adulthood. The authors examined the role of a dual age identity (age group vs. generation) across adulthood and possible ... Read more...
A tale of two tasks: reversing the self-regulatory resource depletion effect.
30 Aug 2009 This research examined the self-regulatory depletion model (e.g., M. Muraven & R. F. Baumeister, 2000). Although numerous studies support this model's prediction of decrements in self-regulation across tasks, the majority of this research has relied ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Social Control, Informal'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- How do social norms impact HIV sexual risk behavior in HIV-positive men who have sex with men?: multiple mediator effects. 30 Aug 2009
- Thinking about my generation: adaptive effects of a dual age identity in later adulthood. 30 Aug 2009
- A tale of two tasks: reversing the self-regulatory resource depletion effect. 30 Aug 2009
- Intervention effects on college performance and retention as mediated by motivational, emotional, and social control factors: integrated meta-analytic path analyses. 30 Aug 2009
- Paranoia strikes deep.
30 Aug 2009 - Parental mediation, online activities, and cyberbullying. 30 Jul 2009
- Cyberbullying: the new face of workplace bullying? 30 Jul 2009
- Social responsibility tools in online gambling: a survey of attitudes and behavior among Internet gamblers. 30 Jul 2009
- Social norms interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in university or college students. 6 Jul 2009
- Regret and rationalization among smokers in Thailand and Malaysia: findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey. 29 Jun 2009
- The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: a developmental analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Linking social norms to efficient conservation investment in payments for ecosystem services.
27 Jun 2009 - Gender differences in acute alcohol effects on self-regulation of arousal in response to emotional and alcohol-related picture cues. 30 May 2009
- Spirituality, gender and age factors in cybergossip among Nigerian adolescents. 30 May 2009
- Depressive symptoms can be useful: self-regulatory and emotional benefits of dysphoric mood in adolescence. 30 May 2009
- How long does a mindfulness-based stress reduction program need to be? A review of class contact hours and effect sizes for psychological distress. 30 May 2009
- An empirical study of the mechanisms of mindfulness in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. 30 May 2009
- The brain regulation mechanism of error monitoring in impulsive children with ADHD--an analysis of error related potentials. 16 May 2009
- Commentary: On regulation and medical education: sociology, learning, and accountability. 29 Apr 2009
- A structured observation of behavioral self-regulation and its contribution to kindergarten outcomes. 29 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Social Control, Informal'
Definition: Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.
Descriptor UI: D012927
Alternative terms: Social Control, Informal; Self Regulation; Regulation, Self; Regulations, Self; Self Regulations; Informal Social Control; Control, Informal Social; Controls, Informal Social; Informal Social Controls; Social Controls, Informal;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; methods;
Tree Number: I01.880.630;
History Note: 68