In the 21^st century, efforts to reduce the prevalence of disease and to improve life expectancy are inextricably linked to modifying patterns of human behavior (Adams, Grandpre, Katz, & Shenson, 2019 Adams, M. L., Grandpre, J., Katz, D. L., & Shenson, D. (2019). The impact of key modifiable risk factors on chronic conditions. Preventive Medicine, 120, 113-118.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Bauer, Briss, Goodman, & Bowan, 2014). To achieve this goal, health professionals need a toolbox composed of intervention strategies that effectively and efficiently help people make and sustain changes in their behavior. The meta-reviews in this special issue provide an assessment of the current state of this toolbox with regard to enhancing people’s self-regulation. Viewed together, these reviews document the breadth and scale of investigative efforts to identify strategies that can help people regulate their health behavior (Hennessy et al., 2019 Hennessy, E. A., Johnson, B. T., Acabchuk, R. L., McCloskey, K., & Stewart-James, J. (2019). Self-regulation mechanisms in health behaviour change: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses, 2006-2017. Health Psychology Review. doi:10.1080/17437199.2019.1679654[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]; Protogerou et al., 2019 Protogerou, C., McHugh, R., & Johnson, B. (2019). How best to reduce unhealthy risk-taking behaviours? A meta-review of evidence syntheses focused on self-regulation interventions. Health Psychology Review.[Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Suls et al., 2019 Suls, J., Mogavero, J. N., Falzon, L., Pescatello, L. S., Hennessy, E. A., & Davidson, K. W. (2019). Health behaviour change in cardiovascular disease prevention and management: Meta-review of behaviour change techniques to affect self-regulation. Health Psychology Review. doi:10.1080/17437199.2019.1691622[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Wilson et al., 2019 Wilson, T. E., Hennessy, E. A., Falzon, L., Boyd, R., Kronish, I. M., & Birk, J. L. (2019). Effectiveness of interventions targeting self-regulation to improve adherence to chronic disease medications: A meta-review of meta-analyses. Health Psychology Review.[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]). One key theme that cuts across these meta-reviews is that, despite an enormous amount of research activity, the experimental evidence currently available remains limited – and in many cases absent – regarding whether, when, and why intervention strategies enhance people’s ability to regulate their behavior.

在21^日世纪，努力降低疾病的患病率，并提高预期寿命是密不可分的人类行为的修正模式（亚当斯，葛朗伯莱，卡茨和Shenson，2019 亚当斯，ML，葛朗伯莱，J.，卡茨，DL，＆Shenson，D.（2019）。关键可修改的危险因素对慢性病的影响。预防医学，120，113 - 118。[Crossref]，[PubMed]，[Web of Science®]， [Google Scholar]; Bauer，Briss，Goodman和Bowan，2014年）。为了实现这一目标，卫生专业人员需要一个由干预策略组成的工具箱，以有效地帮助人们做出并维持其行为的改变。本期特刊中的元审查对本工具箱的当前状态进行了评估，以增强人们的自我调节能力。综观来看，这些评论记录了调查工作的广度和规模，以确定可以帮助人们调节健康行为的策略（Hennessy等，2019 轩尼诗，EA，约翰逊，BT，Acabchuk，RL，McCloskey的，K.，＆斯图尔特詹姆斯，J.（2019）。健康行为改变的自我调节机制：荟萃分析的系统荟萃，2006-2017年。健康心理学评论。doi：10.1080 / 17437199.2019.1679654 [Taylor＆Francis Online]  ，[Google Scholar]；Protogerou等，2019 Protogerou，C.，McHugh，R .和Johnson Johnson，B.（2019年）。如何最好地减少不健康的冒险行为？证据合成的元审查集中在自我调节干预上。健康心理学评论。[Web ofScience®]  ，[Google Scholar]；苏尔斯等人，2019 Suls，J.，Mogavero，JN，Falzon，L.，Pescatello，LS，Hennessy，EA和Davidson，KW（2019）。心血管疾病的预防和管理中的健康行为改变：影响自我调节的行为改变技术的元回顾。健康心理学评论。doi：10.1080 / 17437199.2019.1691622 [Taylor＆Francis Online]，[Web of  Science® ] ，[Google Scholar]；威尔逊等人，2019 威尔逊，TE，轩尼诗，EA，法尔松，L.，博伊德，R.，克罗尼什，IM和伯克，JL（2019）。针对自我调节的干预措施的有效性，以改善对慢性病药物的依从性：荟萃分析的荟萃综述。健康心理学评论。[泰勒和弗朗西斯在线]  ，[Google学术搜索]）。贯穿这些元回顾的一个关键主题是，尽管进行了大量的研究活动，但有关干预策略是否，何时以及为什么增强人们调节其能力的能力，目前可用的实验证据仍然有限，并且在许多情况下是缺乏的。行为。