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7 - Support the Self

Cultivating a Support System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2021

Joshua John Clarkson
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University of Cincinnati
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The chapters thus far have dealt with the process of goal-setting and goal pursuit to maximize our self-control efforts to achieve our goals. Yet as noted, self-control is an iterative process that we engage in over time. Given the inherent difficulties of any goal pursuit, the need to create a support system seems implicit to attain self-control success in the long term. This chapter focuses on the social and contextual factors that facilitate a progression toward goal attainment in an attempt to encourage us to establish a support system that can bolster our attempts at goal attainment.

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Print publication year: 2021

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  • Support the Self
  • Joshua John Clarkson, University of Cincinnati
  • Book: Mastering Self-Control
  • Online publication: 03 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866613.008
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  • Support the Self
  • Joshua John Clarkson, University of Cincinnati
  • Book: Mastering Self-Control
  • Online publication: 03 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866613.008
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  • Support the Self
  • Joshua John Clarkson, University of Cincinnati
  • Book: Mastering Self-Control
  • Online publication: 03 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866613.008
Available formats
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