Zooming in on children’s behavior during delay of gratification: Disentangling impulsigenic and volitional processes underlying self-regulation.
When delaying gratification, both motivational and regulatory processes are likely to be at play; however, the relative contributions of motivational and regulatory influences on delay behavior are unclear. By examining behavioral responses during a delay task, this study sought to examine the motiv...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 154; pp. 46 - 64 |
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Academic Press Inc.
Feb2017
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