Self-Control: Waiting Until Tomorrow for What You Want Today

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Overview. 2. Background and Definitions. II. DETERMINANTS OF SELF-CONTROL. 3. Our Evolutionary Heritage. 4. The Development of Self-Control. 5. General Methods for Changing Self-Control. III. APPLICATIONS. 6. Eating. 7. Drug Abuse. 8. Other Health-Related Behaviors. 9. Education, Management, and Money. 10. Getting Along with Yourself and Others: Cooperation, Lying, Depression, Suicide, and Aggression. IV. CONCLUSION: IMPULSIVENESS AND SELF-CONTROL IN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. V. FURTHER INFORMATION AND SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS. Authors Index. Subject Index.