Self-Control Outdoes Fluid Reasoning in Explaining Vocational and Academic Performance—But Does It?

Trait self-control, the ability to interrupt undesired behavioral tendencies and to refrain from acting on them, is one of the most important socio-emotional skills. There had been some evidence that it outperforms intelligence in predicting students’ achievement measured as both school grades and s...

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Main Authors: Fabian T. C. Schmidt, Christoph Lindner, Julian M. Etzel, Jan Retelsdorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00757/full