Unpacking self-control

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-37

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923066390     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12107     Document Type: Article

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