ABSTRACT Many psychological theories suggest a link between self-regulation and identity, but, until now, a mechanistic account that suggests ways to improve self-regulation has not been put forth. The identity-value model (IVM) connects the idea from social psychology that aspects of identity such as core values and group affiliations hold positive subjective value to the process-focused account from decision making and behavioral economics that self-regulation is driven by a dynamic value integration across a range of choice attributes. Together, these ideas imply that goal-directed behaviors that are identity relevant are more likely to be enacted because they have greater subjective value than identity-irrelevant behaviors. A central hypothesis, therefore, is that interventions that increase the degree to which a target behavior is perceived as self-relevant will improve self-regulation. In addition, identity-based changes in self-regulation are expected to be mediated by changes in subjective value and its underlying neural systems. In this article we define the key constructs relevant to the IVM, explicate the model and delineate its boundary conditions, and describe how it fits with related theories. We also review disparate results in the research literature that might share identity-related value as a common underlying mechanism of action. We close by discussing questions about the model, the answers to which could advance the study of self-regulation.

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在自我调节中寻找“自我”：身份价值模型

摘要 许多心理学理论都表明自我调节与身份认同之间存在联系，但到目前为止，还没有提出一种机械解释来提出改善自我调节的方法。身份价值模型（IVM）将社会心理学中的观点（即核心价值观和群体归属等身份方面具有积极的主观价值）与决策和行为经济学中以过程为中心的观点（即自我调节是由动态驱动的）联系起来。跨一系列选择属性的价值整合。总之，这些想法意味着与身份相关的目标导向行为更有可能被实施，因为它们比与身份无关的行为具有更大的主观价值。因此，一个中心假设是，增加目标行为被认为与自我相关的程度的干预措施将改善自我调节。此外，基于身份的自我调节变化预计将通过主观价值及其潜在神经系统的变化来调节。在本文中，我们定义了与 IVM 相关的关键结构，解释了模型并描述了其边界条件，并描述了它如何与相关理论相吻合。我们还回顾了研究文献中的不同结果，这些结果可能具有与身份相关的价值作为共同的潜在作用机制。最后我们讨论有关该模型的问题，这些问题的答案可以推进自我监管的研究。