Las intenciones de implementaciónuna mirada atrás a quince años de progreso

  1. Schweiger Gallo, Inge
  2. Gollwitzer, Peter M.
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2007

Volumen: 19

Número: 1

Páginas: 37-42

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Las intenciones de implementación: una mirada atrás a quince años de progreso. Las intenciones de implementación son planes si-entonces (if-then plans) que especifican cuándo, dónde y cómo se va a llevar a la acción una meta propuesta: (Si me encuentro con la situación x, entonces llevaré a cabo la conducta y!, ligando de esta manera una situación crítica con una conducta dirigida a la meta. Durante los últimos quince años, las intenciones de implementación han resultado ser estrategias eficaces de autorregulación, en comparación con las metas simples, para promover comportamientos deseados o cuando hay que realizar acciones no placenteras. Mediante la formación de intenciones de implementación también se pueden controlar las influencias indeseadas (por ejemplo, tentaciones, malos hábitos, estados personales adversos). Asimismo, han demostrado facilitar las acciones encaminadas hacia una meta en poblaciones críticas, como pacientes con lesiones cerebrales frontales, esquizofrénicos, y pacientes bajo el síndrome de abstinencia, para quienes los problemas de iniciación de acciones dirigidas hacia una meta son más acentuados.

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