Self-regulation and school success

Self-Regulation and Autonomy: Social and Developmental Dimensions of Human Conduct

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 208-230

  Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a   Carlson, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139152198.015     Document Type: Chapter

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