majority of personal and social problems that plague citizens in
modern societies (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1994).
How does self-regulation operate? At present, the evidence sug-
gests that it relies ... more prone to break their diets and eat fattening foods when
depleted (Vohs & Heatherton, 2000).
Researchers have also begun to explore a variety of behaviors that
consume strength, thereby leading ... small body of evidence indicating that systematic change is pos-
sible (see Heatherton & Weinberger, 1994). Clinical psychologists
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and addiction counselors often deal with