Highlighting summer's enhanced opportunities for healthy behavior has become a tradition for this column. In keeping with tradition, here is my annual installment – one that zeroes in on the core ...

Finding self-control can be a struggle for many. Here’s how to fight impulsive decision-making and live by your true values. Self-control can feel like an uphill battle. Whether it’s resisting the ...

A new study finds people who habitually try to be happier also tend to have less willpower. Researchers have a new explanation for why we experience the "happiness paradox" -- a phenomenon wherein ...

A new study has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-control but, instead, often can be the product of successful self-control in order to inflict greater retribution. A new ...

We think we need greater self-control to be happier. But a new study suggests the arrow of causation points the other way.

We have many avenues to distract us from our goals. Whether it is social media, the latest celebrity gossip or the phones in our pockets, modern society has built engaging systems for our ...

Who are you? How well do you know yourself? Are you sure of your answers? The answers to these questions offer a window into self-concept, which consists of beliefs related to one’s attributes, such ...

A series of studies published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology suggests that individuals who exhibit high ...