*Preface

<p>Scholarship on self-regulation has blossomed since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Self-Regulation in 2011. There have been a flood of papers, expansions into diverse areas of inquiry, and the development of ever more sophisticated methods and tools. The terrific explosion of theories and findings needed a home where the latest developments could be summarized for a general audience, and this edition was created with that in mind. This edition of the Handbook is markedly different from the prior two. A few topics changed hands, to give readers a sense of how different teams approach similar topics. </p>