Permeability of Selves and Compliance with Therapeutic Homework

• Main Author: Scott, Gregory Brian
• Other Authors: Doster, Joseph A., 1943-
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 1988
• Subjects: academic procrastination; therapy homework; compliance; Self.; Procrastination.; Compliance.; Homework > Psychological aspects.; Change (Psychology)
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500285/

A model of the person as a "community of selves" was used to investigate how adopting the perspective of different selves influenced anticipated compliance with therapy homework designed to decrease academic procrastination. A model of resistance to change derived from personal construct theory was used to predict which selves subjects would tend to see as more likely to take on the role of carrying out the homework. Focusing on different selves was found to influence anticipated compliance, and the model of resistance to change was partially successful in predicting which selves would be seen as more likely to carry out the homework. Implications for therapy and research are discussed within the framework of a model of first and second order change.