Table 2 Content of the self-regulation components
SR-Component | Content |
|---|---|
Explanation of the SR-model | Explanation and discussion of the basic model of self-regulation. Illustration of both, self-regulatory and self-organized processes. Responding to the different boxes in the model and development of possible therapeutic starting points. |
Clarification, when the patient produces perceptions, instead of objective change | Identification of changes reducing discrepancies between desired and the perceived states in perception only, as opposed to more tangible, concrete changes. |
Deliberate reflection of goals and values | Goals, values, needs and standards are brought to mind and reflected. Finding out possible meanings for the activity of the comparator (which compares perceived to desired states). |
Tracing the development of ideals and norms from personal history | Clarification of the origin of goals, values, needs and standards from the biography of the patient. |
Attention-regulation | Training of conscious adaptation of the allocation of attention to the requirements and the switching between different modes of perception (deliberate/conscious vs. implicit/self-organized). Focusing attention on self-organized patterns of attention. |
Work on self-instruction | Practicing self-control by the concretization of long-term consequences, to strengthen them over short-term consequences. |
Regulation of behavior | Learning to monitor and control own behavior in terms of dual-process models (deliberate vs. self-organized regulation). |
Regulation of the body | Relaxation exercises and techniques to reduce tension and agitation. |
Emotion-regulation | Training of skills in emotion regulation as part of self-regulation. |