ABSTRACT
The overall goal of this volume is to foster an integrated understanding of a self-regulation perspective of health and illness behavior. Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning interest in self-regulation within health psychology as well as in other fields, including social cognition, personality, education, and organizational psychology. We have sensed the need for a book that reviews current theory and research on self-regulation and health, not only to provide a synthesis of ideas and findings but also to orient and guide further research in this field. This volume is not designed to be a comprehensive overview of self-regulation theory and health research, but instead to provide selective reviews of principles and findings in order to familiarize readers with this area of study and stimulate new research ideas.
