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Beyond willpower

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2021

James J. Gross Open the ORCID record for James J. Gross [Opens in a new window]  and
Angela L. Duckworth
James J. Gross
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305-2130gross@stanford.edu; http://spl.stanford.edu
Angela L. Duckworth
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA19104. aduckworth@characterlab.org; http://angeladuckworth.com
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Abstract

For all its popularity as a psychological construct, willpower is irremediably polysemous. A more helpful construct is self-control, defined as the self-regulation of conflicting impulses. We show how the process model of self-control provides a principled framework for examining how undesirable impulses may be weakened and desirable impulses may be strengthened.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e37
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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References

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