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Resistance to temptation as a function of internalization and three modes of self‐verbalization
Author(s) -
Fry P. S.,
Preston Joan
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197901)35:1<121::aid-jclp2270350120>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - temptation , covert , psychology , internalization , locus of control , latency (audio) , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , linguistics , receptor , philosophy , electrical engineering , engineering
Randomly assigned to three self‐verbalization treatment conditions and a control 104 children who represented a very broad range of locus of control scores. S s practiced self‐instruction on the rules that they were to observe in the resistance to temptation test using one of three self‐verbalization modes, which involved overt speech, covert speech, and a combination of overt and covert speech. Directly after self‐verbalization treatment, S s were placed in a resistance to temptation test that forbade them to play with a preferred toy. Latency scores were taken, and, as hypothesized, S s who used a complete sequence of overt and covert speech in self‐instruction achieved higher latency scores than others who used only one dimension. There was a significant interaction between S s' (1) internalization (in locus of control) and self‐verbalization treatment and (2) internalization and sex.