A new study suggests that if your aim is changing bad habits, you can build self-control by focusing on increasing your ...

Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose. One common method is cutting with a sharp object. But any time someone deliberately hurts themself is classified as self-harm. Some people ...

Self-regulation is the ability to notice that your emotions are revving up and calm down before acting impulsively. The ability to stop oneself from acting on impulses takes quite a while to develop.

"Together with intelligence, self-control turns out to be the best predictor of a successful and satisfying life." - Steven Pinker "You frequently mention "setting limits" and I am wondering if you ...

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’ ...

Out-of-control behavior by CEOs and other powerful people constantly makes headlines -- so much so that some might consider impulsivity a pathway to power. New research finds that having self-control ...