Self-Regulation and Self-Control

Roy F. Baumeister is Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, US, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. In 2013, he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science, the William James Fellow award, in recognition of his lifetime achievements. His work has been covered or quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Newsweek, TIME, Psychology Today, Self, Men’s Health, Businessweek, and many others.

• Introduction Ego depletion: is the active self a limited resource? Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: a limited-resource account of decision making, self-regulation, and active initiative. Strength model of self-regulation as limited resource: assessment, controversies, update. The physiology of willpower: linking blood glucose to self-control. High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. Taking stock of self control: a meta-analysis of how trait self-control relates to a wide range of behaviors. What people desire, feel conflicted about, and try to resist in everyday life. Emotional distress regulation takes precedence over impulse control: if you feel bad, do it! Longitudinal study of procrastination, performance, stress, and health: the costs and benefits of dawdling. Intellectual performance and ego depletion: role of the self in logical reasoning and other information processing. How leaders self-regulate their task performance: evidence that power promotes diligence, depletion, and disdain.