A Gradient of Childhood Self-Control Predicts Health, Wealth, and Public Safety
nervous-system · PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) 108(7): 2693–2698 · 2011
The actual paper behind the "40-year Dunedin study" headlines: childhood self-control at ages 3–11 predicts adult physical health, financial stability, single-parent status, substance dependence and criminal convictions at age 32 — independent of IQ and social class.
Authors
{"Terrie E. Moffitt","Louise Arseneault","Daniel Belsky","Nigel Dickson","Robert J. Hancox","HonaLee Harrington","Renate Houts","Richie Poulton","Brent W. Roberts","Stephen Ross","Malcolm R. Sears","W. Murray Thomson","Avshalom Caspi"}
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The actual paper behind the "40-year Dunedin study" headlines: childhood self-control at ages 3–11 predicts adult physical health, financial stability, single-parent status, substance dependence and criminal convictions at age 32 — independent of IQ and social class.
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