Physiological self-regulation through biofeedback may be seen as a metaphor for generalized self-control expectancies. Using a model based on functional contextualism and relational frames theory, self-control efforts are seen as a convenient fiction or illusion, with physiological coherence and the sense of coherence associated with improvements in health and behavior.
Keywords: biofeedback; self-control; self-efficacy; act; relational frames theory
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Raymond Hawkins II
Contributor Notes
Correspondence: Raymond C. Hawkins II, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E. Dean Keeton A8000, Austin, TX 78712, email: rhawkins@utexas.edu.