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 ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...

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

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.

The usual meaning of self-control is being able to limit or resist indulgences. This can apply to overeating, excessive drinking or anything else that might be considered a vice. Appropriate ...

This is part four of a five-part series. Leaders routinely repress or defer their own needs, desires, goals, or emotions in service of others, which is called self-control. While many leaders are ...

Last month I received a query from a distinguished professor of neuroscience asking whether there is any literature linking mentalization to self-control. This was a reminder of how segregated ...