Bandura and Cervone (as cited in Houghton & Neck, 2006) identified three kinds
of self-influence: "self-satisfaction, self-efficacy and the self-regulation of internal
standards" (p. 279). Houghton and Neck stated, "Self-regulation theory focuses primarily
on the internal regulation of standards" (p. 279). Houghton and Neck (2006) found that
"self-regulation theory is a broad descriptive view of human behavior that seeks to
explain how behavior happens" (p. 277). In comparison, Houghton and Neck observed,
"social cognitive theory, in contrast, stresses the importance of the self-reactive influences of self-efficacy and satisfaction" (p. 279). Houghton and Neck explained,
"Much like self-regulation theory, social cognitive theory suggests that the basic structure
of the self-regulatory system is comprised of processes involving self-monitoring, selfjudgments
and self-reactions" (p. 279)