Affect and Resistance to Temptation.

Fry, P. S.

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ERIC Number: EJ139787

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Publication Date: 1975

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Affect and Resistance to Temptation

Fry, P. S.

Developmental Psychology, 11, 4, 466-472, Jul 75

A total of 57 7- and 8-year-old subjects matched on measures of socioeconomic status, locus of control, need for social approval, and self esteem were assigned to two affect conditions and one control condition. Subsequently they were exposed to a resistance-to-temptation task involving play with a forbidden toy. (GO)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Primary Education, Self Control, Self Esteem, Social Behavior

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