Fatigue has been defined differently in the literature depending on the field of research. The
inconsistent use of the term fatigue complicated scientific communication, thereby limiting …

Personality psychology, which seeks to study individual differences in thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors that persist over time and place, has experienced a renaissance in the last …

Persistence in and timely disengagement from personal goals are core components of
successful self-regulation and therefore relevant to well-being and performance. In the …

Theoretically, purpose serves as a basic dimension of healthy psychological functioning and
an important protective factor from psychopathology. Theory alone, however, is insufficient to …

More and more machine learning is applied to human behavior. Increasingly these
algorithms suffer from a hidden—but serious—problem. It arises because they often predict …

Behavioral public policy came to the fore with the introduction of nudging, which aims to
steer behavior while maintaining freedom of choice. Responding to critiques of nudging (eg …

Employees around the globe experience manifold challenges to maintain job performance
during the so‐called work‐from‐home experiment caused by the COVID‐19 crisis. Whereas …

The use of social media can have positive and negative effects on psychological well-being.
The present article proposes that self-regulation and the related concept of self-control act …

One purpose of modern education is to help people develop the agency to set and achieve
their desired goals across contexts and throughout their lifespan. To do this, people must …

The gap between the decision to engage in physical activity and subsequent behavioral
enactment is considerable for many. Action control theories focus on this discordance in an …