Self-Control and Academic Achievement

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2019, Pages 373-399

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a   Taxer, Jamie L ^b   Eskreis Winkler, Lauren ^a   Galla, Brian M ^c   Gross, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; learning; motivation; noncognitive; self control; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; SELF-CONTROL; STUDENTS;

EID: 85059501071     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103230     Document Type: Review

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