The current study identified and investigated four leading models of the relationships among cognitive control, mental health, and psychological disorders. The Norwegian model of cognitive control emphasizes that the inability to disengage from irrelevant stimuli is related to a hyperreactive state of mind, high levels of anxiety, and deteriorated mental health. Motivational accounts of cognitive control highlight the decisive influence of perceived self-efficacy, which is positively related to mental health and negatively related to psychological disorders. Clinical-health psychological theories of cognitive control focus on the influence of cognitive control on the ability to regulate emotions. The dual competition model highlights the predominant impact of negative affect on cognitive control. This study had a cross sectional and descriptive design (