Feeling Well, Functioning Well: How Psychological Well-Being Predicts Later Self-Control, but Not the Other Way Around
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on November 04, 2025
Abstract
Social Psychological and Personality Science, Ahead of Print.
Although self-control is commonly believed to contribute to greater well-being, current evidence is inconclusive due to methodological and statistical issues. Indeed, there are both theoretical and empirical grounds to expect the opposite causal relation: ...
Although self-control is commonly believed to contribute to greater well-being, current evidence is inconclusive due to methodological and statistical issues. Indeed, there are both theoretical and empirical grounds to expect the opposite causal relation: ...