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
OEzlem 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, & Grainne 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
