Texas A&M Study Explores Tips for Boosting Self-Control

Drop the donut. Stave off the cravings to smoke. Cold-shoulder the cocktail. These and other tests of self-control will become easier if folks keep their eyes on their own moral codes, a Texas A&M University psychology professor contends in a paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, distributed by the American Psychological Association.

"Encouraging people to think about their core values in life helps them to exercise self-control, particularly under conditions in which self-control is known to falter," said Brandon Schmeichel, who co-wrote the paper "Self-Affirmation and Self-Control: Affirming Core Values Counteracts Ego Depletion" with Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota.

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