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