Examination of the Theoretical Stage of Wells and Matthews’ Model of Emotional Self-Regulation: Methodological Aspects
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theoretical stage, emotional self-regulation, Wells, Matthews, BungeAbstract
This research examines the theoretical stage of the self-regulatory executive function model of the emotional state of Wells and Matthews (1994) from the metascientific criteria proposed by Bunge (2000). Specifically, the investigation will confirm whether the model has internal consistency, external consistency, heuristic power, and coherence with the present scientific conception of the world. To these objectives, various analysis techniques have been proposed and assessed, one for each object of study. The following methods were used: the formalization of the model as a method of theoretical reconstruction, the observation of the theoretical correspondence between the model and the cognitive ontological sublevel of Bunge's theory of mind (2012), the explanation of theses about voluntary acts by Libet (1985) and Libet et al. (1983), and the observation of the theoretical and textual references of the model to the neurological and psychosocial ontological sublevels in Bunge's aforementioned theory of mind. Jointly, the results obtained show that the model presents an ideal state of theoretical maturity since it completely meets the aforementioned metascientific criterium―only partially the ontological consistency. This paper emphasizes the methodological aspects of the investigation because the method and analytical procedure used here can be useful for evaluating other various models and theories from any scientific field.
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