Self-discipline isn’t just a self-help slogan — it’s one of the strongest predictors of success, emotional balance, and even ...

The new year is a time when we all try to turn a new leaf by getting rid of bad habits and developing new ones in their place. But as we all know from personal experience, most New Year’s resolutions ...

In a now-famous experiment published in the Journal of Consumer Research, Baba Shiv and Alexander Fedorikhin asked students to choose between chocolate cake or a healthy fruit salad. Prior to that, ...

As the old adage goes, there's no handbook for parenting. But ask anyone who has raised a child into adulthood, and they'll ...

Self-control, the ability to override or change internal impulses for the benefit of longer-term, strategic goals, has always been treasured as an admirable human trait. For example, Confucius taught ...

When it comes to self-control, adolescents tend to follow the patterns their parents establish, according to West Virginia ...

Constantly interacting with a gaslighter may be the one thing that is worse than busting your pinky toe on furniture. Dealing ...

Neuroticism may moderate the relationship between certain personality traits and self-control, and the interaction effects appear to differ by the type of self-control, according to a new study.

(Updated) In a world of constant scrutiny and infinite memory, what once might have been a fleeting moment of lost control can easily become a life-shattering scandal. Just ask Rick Sanchez, the CNN ...