Adolescent digital self-regulation is enacted through a typology of four strategy types differing in executive effort versus external scaffolding¶
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q1 i? The article identifies an evidence-based typology of four strategy categories—activity-based, context-based (eliminating and limiting), technology-supported, and time-structured self-regulation—that differ in reliance on executive effort versus external scaffolding. → Wang 2026
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Wang 2026¶
Wang, M.-T. (2026). Developing Digital Self-Regulation in Adolescence: A Developmental Self-Determination Model of Digital Self-Regulation. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10183-y
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The review's synthesis of prior literature (Table 1) presents four strategy categories. Activity-based strategies are described as "a more effortful form of regulation, drawing heavily on attentional control and autonomous motivation", while context-based, technology-supported, and time-structured strategies progressively externalize regulation.
"Activity-based self-regulation (e.g., engaging in alternative activities such as exercise, reading, shopping) reflects a more effortful form of regulation, drawing heavily on attentional control and autonomous motivation to redirect behavior toward intrinsically or instrumentally valued goals"
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Adolescent digital self-regulation is enacted through a typology of four strategy types differing in executive effort versus external scaffolding |
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Adolescent digital self-regulation is enacted through a typology of four strategy types differing in executive effort versus external scaffolding |
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