Baumeister describes four components of self-regulation: standards of desirable behavior, motivation to meet said standards, monitoring of the situations and thoughts that have the potential to break standards, and the willpower to control negative urges/behaviors. The self-regulation theory uses a feedback mechanism to produce its effects. The goal of the program is to help individuals realize a change of behavior is desirable, aid in the establishment of a plan towards an overall goal and helping create a mechanism by which they can interpret their progress and overall emotional response. Responses can encompass a variety of coping techniques, generally goal reaching accomplishments, initiating the need for further goals and potentially a new course of actions. Self-regulation doesn't merely encompass impulse control and the mechanism by which one reaches a long term goal, it also includes the need for appraisal. The implementation of coping techniques opens the door for individuals to appraise their individual influence of the intervention at hand.
The self-regulation theory works well with a study of sleeping habits and recovery because it is dependent upon the person and his or her relationship to the environment, the change of that relationship is initiated by their self-set goals. This theory as a methodical framework is efficient because of the fluidity and ability to be customized on an individualistic level. Our instructor would help with the appraisals but also aid in the re development of goals or changing plans based on need, while taking the lead of the individual participant. Control in an important component of success in behavioral interventions, providing participants with direct control allows for increase motivation, but also self-actualization. .
The learning phase of this program is key, some of the most in need individuals may be unaware of the mechanism between sleep/rest deprivation and injury or unaware of how to initiate a behavioral change.