%0 Journal Article
%T Beyond Willpower: Strategies for Reducing Failures of Self
%A Angela L. Duckworth
%A David Laibson
%A Katherine L. Milkman
%J Psychological Science in the Public Interest
%@ 1539-6053
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1529100618821893
%X Almost everyone struggles to act in their individual and collective best interests, particularly when doing so requires forgoing a more immediately enjoyable alternative. Other than exhorting decision makers to ¡°do the right thing,¡± what can policymakers do to reduce overeating, undersaving, procrastination, and other self-defeating behaviors that feel good now but generate larger delayed costs? In this review, we synthesize contemporary research on approaches to reducing failures of self-control. We distinguish between self-deployed and other-deployed strategies and, in addition, between situational and cognitive intervention targets. Collectively, the evidence from both psychological science and economics recommends psychologically informed policies for reducing failures of self-control
%K self-control
%K behavior change
%K behavioral economics
%K self-regulation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1529100618821893