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Tonizzi, Irene; Giofrè, David; Usai, Maria Carmen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This manuscript aimed to advance our understanding of inhibitory control (IC) in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), adopting a meta-analytic multilevel approach. The first meta-analysis, on 164 studies adopting direct measures, indicated a significant small-to-medium (g = 0.484) deficit in the group with ASD (n = 5140) compared with controls (n =…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Self Control, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Ability
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Duckworth, Angela L.; Gendler, Tamar Szabó; Gross, James J. – Educational Psychologist, 2014
Conflicts between immediately rewarding activities and more enduringly valued goals abound in the lives of school-age children. Such conflicts call upon children to exercise self-control, a competence that depends in part on the mastery of metacognitive, prospective strategies. The "process model of self-control" organizes these…
Descriptors: Self Control, Children, Resistance (Psychology), Intention
Meichenbaum, Donald – 1979
This newsletter, focusing on literature and research on cognitive behavior modification (CBM), reviews articles and research on CBM with children. Works on retarded children, deaf children and children with learning disabilities are presented, with critical analyses. A parallel section on CBM with adults follows. Problem areas of phobias, anxiety,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research