Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Well-Being

The ability to prioritise long-term goals above short-term gratifications is crucial to living a healthy and happy life. We are bombarded with temptations, whether from fast-food or faster technologies, but the psychological capacity to manage our lives within such a challenging environment has far-reaching implications for the well-being not only of the individual, but also society as a whole. The Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Wellbeing is the first comprehensive handbook to map this burgeoning area of research by applying it to health outcomes and personal well-being. Including contributions from leading scholars worldwide, the book incorporates new research findings that suggest that simply inhibiting our immediate impulses isn't the whole story; there may be more options to improve self-control than simply by suppressing the ego. Divided into six coherent sections, the book provides an overview of the research base before discussing a range of interventions to help improve self-control in different contexts, from smoking or drinking too much to developing self-control over aggression or spending money. The only definitive handbook on this far-reaching topic, this essential work will appeal to researchers and students across health and social psychology, as well as related health sciences.

Denise de Ridder received her Ph.D. in psychology from Utrecht University in 1991. Her research interests focus on self-regulation processes in health and consumer behavior, in particular how people deal with immediate temptations that may threaten their long-term goals. Marieke Adriaanse received her Ph.D. in psychology from Utrecht University in 2010. Her research is concerned with the interplay between conscious and nonconscious processes on health behavior. For example, she investigates how people react when they are confronted with nonconsciously activated behavior, as well as the potential of overruling such automatic behaviors (habits) through the use of self-regulation strategies. Kentaro Fujita received his A.B. summa cum laude in psychology from Harvard College in 2000, and his Ph.D. in psychology from New York University in 2006. His research interests focus on why despite possessing remarkable intelligence and reasoning capacity people often make decisions and behave in ways that undermine their valued goals and objectives.

1. Introduction Part I. Conceptualizing Self-Control 2. Attentional and motivational mechanisms of self-control Marina Milyavskaya & Michael Inzlicht 3. Proactive and reactive self-control Asael Sklar, So Yon Rim, & Kentaro Fujita 4. Positioning self-control in a dual-systems framework Marleen Gillebaart & Denise de Ridder 5. The use of reward cue reactivity in predicting real-world self-control failure Dylan D. Wagner Part II. Assessing Self-Control 6. Ego-depletion, self-control tasks, and the sequential task paradigm in health behavior Martin S. Hagger & Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis 7. Measurement of self-control by self-report: Considerations and recommendations Rick H. Hoyle & Erin K. Davisson 8. The health consequences of intertemporal preferences Oleg Urminsky & Gal Zauberman 9. Assessing self-control: The use and usefulness of the experience-sampling method Simone Dohle & Wilhelm Hofmann 10. The neuroscience of self-control Elliot T. Berkman Part III. Antecedents and Consequences of Self-Control 11. What limits self-control? A motivated effort-allocation account Daniel C. Molden, Chin Ming Hui, & Abigail A. Scholer 12. Implicit theories about willpower and their implications for health and well-being Katharina Bernecker & Veronika Job 13. Working memory capacity and self-control Wilhelm Hofmann 14. Combatting temptation to promote health and well-being Ayelet Fishbach & Kaitlin Woolley 15. Broadening mental horizons to resist temptation: Construal level and self-control David Kalkstein, Kentaro Fujita, & Yaacov Trope 16. The sense of agency in health and well-being: Understanding the role of the minimal self in action control Robert A. Renes & Henk Aarts 17. Justification as antecedent and consequence of self-control failure Marieke A. Adriaanse & Sosja Prinsen 18. Hyperopia: A theory of reverse self-control Ran Kivetz, Rachel Meng, & Daniel He Part IV. Self-Control Applications to Health 19. The self-control of eating behavior Traci Mann & Mary E. Panos 20. Self-control and alcohol consumption Jeffrey M. Osgood & Mark Muraven 21. Desire, higher-order sexual health goals and self-control in sexual behavior and sexual risk John B. F. de Wit, Chantal den Daas, & Philippe C.G. Adam 22. Self-control and physical activity: Disentangling the pathways to health Emely de Vet & Kirsten T. Verkooijen 23. The role of self-control in sleep behavior Sanne Nauts & Floor M. Kroese 24. Self-control in smoking cessation Arie Dijkstra Part V. Self-Control Applications to Wellbeing 25. Emotion regulation and self-control: Implications for health and wellbeing Catharine Evers 26. Self-regulation and aggression: Aggression-provoking cues, individual differences, and self-control strategies Jaap Denissen, Sander Thomaes, & Brad J. Bushman 27. Examining the role of self-regulatory strength in family violence Catrin Finkenauer, Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik, Kim Schoemaker, Yayouk E. Willems, Meike Bartels, & Roy F. Baumeister 28. The effects of managing discrimination experiences on self-control, health, and well-being Dorainne J. Levy & Jennifer A. Richeson 29. Self-distancing: Basic mechanisms and clinical implications Özlem Ayduk & Ethan Kross 30. Self-control in consumer spending decisions Kelly L. Haws 31. How self-control promotes health through relationships Michelle R. vanDellen, LeeAnn B. Beam, & Gráinne M. Fitzsimons Part VI. Improving Self-Control in Health and Wellbeing 32. A Meta-analysis of improving self-control with practice Joanne R. Beames, Timothy P. Schofield, & Thomas F. Denson 33. Health behavior change by self-regulation of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions Gabriele Oettingen & Peter M. Gollwitzer 34. Mindfulness as an intervention to improve self-control Malte Friese, Brian Ostafin, & David D. Loschelder 35. How to foster health and well-being when self-control is low Bob M. Fennis 36. Training cognitive-motivational processes underlying self-control in addiction Reinout W. Wiers & Helle Larsen 37. The nudging approach to health and wellbeing David R. Marchiori & Marijn Stok 38. Exploiting exposure to temptation to support self-control Siegfried Dewitte 39. Self-affirmation and self-control: Counteracting defensive processing of health information and facilitating health behavior change Guido M. van Koningsbruggen, Eleanor Miles, & Peter R. Harris

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