@ARTICLE{Mestvirishvili_Maia_Self-control_2021,
 author={Mestvirishvili, Maia and Mestvirishvili, Natia},
 volume={vol. 52},
 number={No 1},
 pages={31-39},
 journal={Polish Psychological Bulletin},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2021},
 publisher={Committee for Psychological Science PAS},
 abstract={The present study explores the connection between the actual/ideal (A/I) and actual/ought (A/O) self- -discrepancies and negative emotional states such as stress, anxiety and depression. Moreover, it seeks to understand the effects of potentially intervening variables, self-control //and self-consciousness, on the affect-discrepancy relationship. 638 participants (60% female, aged 18-55) participated in the study. They filled out questionnaires measuring actual/ ideal self-discrepancy, actual/ought self-discrepancy, self-control, private/public self-consciousness and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress; DAS). The results revealed that both, A/O and A/I self-discrepancies, are positively associated with DAS but do not have a predictive value for them. However, depression, anxiety and stress are significantly predicted by low self-control and high personal self-consciousness. Also, the study confirms that self- -control and self-consciousness moderate affect-discrepancy relationship: self-control is a significant moderator of the relationships between (1) A/I and A/O self-discrepancy and depression and (2) A/I and A/O self-discrepancy and stress. Also, public self-consciousness moderates the relationship between A/O self-discrepancy and stress. In this respect those who have high self-control and high self-consciousness are less likely to experience negative emotional reactions related to the discrepant self-constructs.},
 type={Article},
 title={Self-control and Self-consciousness: Regulation or Acceleration of Self-discrepancy Distress?},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/120161/PDF/2021-01-PPB-02-Mestvirishvili.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/ppb.2021.136814},
 keywords={self-discrepancy, self-control, Self-consciousness, stress, anxiety, depression},
}