Marc Wilson: could do better

Marc Wilson: could do better

Making your New Year’s resolutions stick takes more than good intentions.

By Marc Wilson In Psychology

If we follow the theory that psychological researchers investigate their own deficits, then John Norcross either has reason to make a lot of New Year’s resolutions or he’s not very good at keeping the ones he makes. A psychology professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, Norcross has conducted research on resolutions – strategies for keeping them and how successfully we do it, etc.

For a start, he has found that about half of Americans set New Year’s resolutions, most relating to some kind of health issue.

Making promises to ourselves at this time of year might feel ...

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