Fuente-Arias, J. (Jesús) de laMartínez-Vicente, J.M. (José Manuel)Karagiannopoulou, A. (Angélica)Sander, P. (Paul)Kauffman, D. (Douglas)Fadda, S. (Salvatore)Boruchovitch, E. (Evely)Santos, F. (Flavia)2022-07-212022-07-212022De la Fuente-Arias, J. (Jesús Enrique); Martínez Vicente, J.M.; Santos, F.H.; et al. "Advances on self-regulation models: A new research agenda through the SR vs ER behavior theory in different psychology contexts". Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 2022, 8614931664-1078https://hdl.handle.net/10171/63840The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Bandura¿s Social Cognitive Theory (1986) influenced the development of several complementary models of the construct of Self-Regulation. Building on the foundation of Self-Determination Theory, SDT (2000), and Zimmerman¿s Self-Regulation Theory, SR (2001), with their assumptions, contributions, goddesses, and limitations, we come to the Self- vs. External Regulatory Theory, SR-ER (2021). Finally, we integrate recent evidence demonstrating the explanatory adequacy of the SR vs. ER model for different psychological constructions in different settings related to education, health, clinical practice and social work. Complementary, a new theoretical and empirical research agenda is presented, to continue testing the adequacy of SR vs. ER assumptions, and to better understand the behavioral variability of the different constructs studied.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlbert BanduraSocial cognitive theorySelf-determinationSelf-regulationSelf- vs. external regulationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.3389/fpsyg.2022.861493