The ability to control one's own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in early life predicts a
range of positive outcomes in later life, including longevity. Does it also predict how well …

There are persistent socioeconomic disparities in many aspects of child development in
America. Relative to their affluent peers, children of low socioeconomic status (SES) …

Self-regulation has been intensely studied across developmental science disciplines in
virtue of its significance to understanding and fostering adaptive functioning throughout life …

When we decided to look into selfcontrol, we knew we faced skeptics. In fact, we ourselves
were skeptical. Many behavioral scientists believed that selfcontrol problems were a normal …

There are many definitions of self-regulation, especially conceptualized as a developmental
phenomenon (Brandtstadter & Renner, 1990; Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995; Lachman & …

This brief reviews the importance of self-regulation for adolescents and young adults and
provides guidelines for supporting self-regulation development for 14 to 25-year-olds. The …

The present chapter examines self‐regulation across the life span with a focus on
integrating cognition and emotion. First, we situate self‐regulation in a theoretical context …

Self-regulation is an increasingly important topic within Psychology, Health & Medicine.
Generally, self-regulation emphasizes the active role that individuals can play to enhance …

Self-regulation has received enormous attention in recent years as a key predictor of a
variety of outcomes, including obesity (Evans et al. 2012), school readiness (Blair and …

Life Span theory posits that sociohistorical contexts shape individual development. In line
with this proposition, cohort differences favoring later-born cohorts have been widely …