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Children's Self-Control as an Antecedent of Adolescent Prosociality and Adult Civic Engagement
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Zehra Gülseven; Kayla Puente; Nestor Tulagan; Nicole Zarrett; Sandra D. Simpkins; Deborah Lowe Vandell – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
Guided by the ecological model of civic development, this study examined the extent to which the growth in children's self-control during middle childhood predicted their civic engagement at age 26 directly and indirectly via their prosociality at age 15. We used data from 1,042 children (50% female, 77% White) in the NICHD Study of Early Child…
Descriptors: Self Control, Prosocial Behavior, Prediction, Volunteers
Early Behavioral Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, and Gender: Longitudinal Findings from France, Germany, and Iceland
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Gestsdottir, Steinunn; von Suchodoletz, Antje; Wanless, Shannon B.; Hubert, Blandine; Guimard, Philippe; Birgisdottir, Freyja; Gunzenhauser, Catherine; McClelland, Megan – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
Research suggests that behavioral self-regulation skills are critical for early school success, but few studies have explored such links among young children in Europe. This study examined the contribution of early self-regulation to academic achievement gains among children in France, Germany, and Iceland. Gender differences in behavioral…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Self Control, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies