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Where self-control comes from: on the development of self-control and its relationship to deviance over time.
Alexander T. Vazsonyi,Li Huang +1 more
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Tests based on simple structural equation models and latent growth modeling of developmental trajectories suggest that there was great construct stability of self-control and deviance over the 6-year period of longitudinal study of children as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal study.Abstract:
The current study tested a set of interrelated theoretical propositions based on self-control theory (M. R. Gottfredson & T. Hirschi 1990). Data were collected on 1,155 children at 4.5 years, at 8.5 years (3rd grade), and at 10.5 years (5th grade) as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal study over a 6-year period. Findings based on simple structural equation models and latent growth modeling of developmental trajectories suggest that (a) there was great construct stability of self-control and deviance over the 6-year period, (b) there was positive growth in self-control trajectory over time, (c) parenting predicted this trajectory but also explained variability in self-control at initial status, (d) there was a declining deviance trajectory over time, (e) self-control at initial status reduced the unexplained deviance variance by 44.8%, and (f) both the intercept and slope factors shared about 75% of the variance based on growth-to-growth curve predictive models of self-control and deviance. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for self-control theory and future empirical work.read more
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Intergenerational transmission of self-regulation: A multidisciplinary review and integrative conceptual framework.
TL;DR: A framework that brings together prenatal, social/contextual, and neurobiological mechanisms to explain the intergenerational transmission of self-regulation is introduced, a framework that incorporates potential transactional processes between generations.
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Entrepreneurship in Innovation Ecosystems: Entrepreneurs' Self‐Regulatory Processes and Their Implications for New Venture Success
Satish Nambisan,Robert A. Baron +1 more
TL;DR: Innovation ecosystems have emerged as an important context for entrepreneurship as mentioned in this paper, however, they face a unique set of challenges associated with the need to balance the goals and the resources.
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It's time: A meta-analysis on the self-control-deviance link
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis examines the link between self-control and measures of crime and deviance, taking stock of the empirical status of self control theory and focusing on work published between 2000 and 2010.
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Cumulative-genetic plasticity, parenting and adolescent self-regulation
Jay Belsky,Kevin M. Beaver +1 more
TL;DR: The more plasticity alleles males (but not females) carried, the more and less self-regulation they manifested under, respectively, supportive and unsupportive parenting conditions.
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Developmental Trajectories in Toddlers’ Self-restraint Predict Individual Differences in Executive Functions 14 Years Later: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis
TL;DR: A biological relation between individual differences in self-restraint and EFs, one that begins early in life and persists into late adolescence is suggested.
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