Cognitive Components of Blocking
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Written Communication
- Vol. 2 (1) , 91-104
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088385002001006
Abstract
Sixty subjects, 40 of them blockers, provided over 5000 examples of self-talk accompanying the initiation and completion of writing sessions. An inductive procedure of sorting those thought-list cards into reliable and discrete categories produced 7 cognitive components of blocking (listed in descending order of importance): (1) work apprehension, (2) procrastination, (3) dysphoria, (4) impatience, (5) perfectionism, (6) evaluation anxiety, and (7) rules. Blockers were more likely than nonblockers to list negative thoughts and less likely to evidence “psych-up” thoughts during writing sessions.Keywords
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