Trait self-control predicts performance on behavioral tests of self-control

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 743-756

  Schmeichel, Brandon J ^a   Zell, Anne ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; BLINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34250341830     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Review

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