The intention-behaviour gap. It's all under control (executive control)

Citation

Allan J (2008) The intention-behaviour gap. It's all under control (executive control). European Health Psychologist, 10 (3), pp. 62-64. https://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/article/view/ehp.v10.i3.p62/47

Abstract
First paragraph: Successful health behaviour change often requires the foregoing of short-term pleasures and convenience in favour of less pleasurable, more effortful behaviours. As initiating and maintaining a series of effortful behaviours over time inevitably requires considerable self-control, it is likely that natural (intra and interindividual) variation in the strength and availability of cognitive or ‘executive’ control resources will be related to the likelihood that an individual’s intentions are successfully translated into action.

Journal
European Health Psychologist: Volume 10, Issue 3