The significance of self-control

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2639-2640

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EGO STRENGTH; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 79952581140     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019725108     Document Type: Note

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