Psychologist Roy Baumeister reflects on his groundbreaking 1998 research on self-control and shares how it became the dominant theory despite its unpopular Freudian roots. Back in 1996 ...

Another theory posits that the discrepancy between ... such as the fact that thinking about core values can prevent the fatigue of self-control that occurs with repeated use (so-called “ego ...

Self-control is essentially the same skill ... She was one of the first scientists to link the rTPJ to theory of mind—the ability to understand the mental states of other people.

Consider the implications of the theory that self-control is a limited resource. How can you make sure you don’t use it up in one part of your day or segment of your life and have nothing left ...

That’s not in-the-moment willpower at play. It’s planning. This theory harks back to one of the classic studies on self-control: Walter Mischel’s “marshmallow test,” conducted in the ...

Self-affirmation theory assumes the following ... non–self-affirmation control condition. Participants in the self-affirmation condition experience affirmations of self-worth while the control ...

in order to better understand the health-promoting and health-damaging aspects of self-control. In the decades since restraint theory was formulated, there have been many attempts to identify the ...