ABSTRACT

The self-regulation strategy of forming implementation intentions has now been studied for almost 30 years. We trace the development of this research and explicate the questions that have been addressed. We then present current research that investigates the consequences of implementation intentions for flexible goal striving, behaviour in situations for which one had not planned, and neuropsychological processes underlying the action control by implementation intentions. Next, we turn to novel applications focusing on how implementation intentions affect physical endurance and promote strategic information processing. Our review concludes with an outlook on future research on implementation intentions that covers emerging individual difference perspectives, innovative approaches to characterize underlying cognitive processes, and the prospects of integrating insights from related fields of research. As such, our review is an empathic call for addressing the many intriguing conceptual and empirical questions that still revolve around implementation intentions.

摘要

形成实施意图的自我调节策略已经研究了近30年。我们追踪了这项研究的发展，并阐明了已经解决的问题。然后，我们提出了当前的研究，该研究调查了实施意图对灵活目标争夺，未计划的情况下的行为以及通过实施意图进行动作控制的神经心理过程的后果。接下来，我们转向新颖的应用程序，重点关注实现意图如何影响物理耐力并促进战略信息处理。我们的审查总结了对实施意图的未来研究的展望，涵盖了新兴的个体差异观点，表征潜在认知过程的创新方法，以及整合来自相关研究领域的见解的前景。因此，我们的审查是一个富有同情心的呼吁，旨在解决许多有趣的概念和经验问题，这些问题仍围绕着实施意图。