%A CHENG Cui-Ping;ZHANG Yong-Hong %T Temporal Self-regulation Theory: A New Perspective on Health Behavior Study %0 Journal Article %D 2011 %J Advances in Psychological Science %R %P 1186-1192 %V 19 %N 8 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/adps/CN/abstract/article_1983.shtml} %8 2011-08-15 %X Temporal self-regulation theory (TST), based on the intention-behavior link, is a new theoretical framework which emphasizes the combined influence of temporality, behavioral prepotency and self-regulatory capacity on health behavior. According to TST, connectedness beliefs and temporal valuations affect intentions; behavioral prepotency and self-regulatory capacity not only adjust the strength of the intention-behavior link, but also affect human behavior directly. Compared with other health behavior models, the major difference is the inclusion of self-regulation and time factors that affect human behavior. Future research can further specify intervention strategies of health behavior and give behavioral prepotency an appropriate position as well.