Marshmallow Test Revisited (2020) Michaelson
Principle: Preschoolers who have families where they learn to delay gratification tend to have later life success. Quote: "Thus, a child's ability to wait might be less important than the…
Research Bites are 1-page summaries of positive psychology research. Many were papers assigned as reading in my Harvard Extension Psychology Masters program. Others I’ve found in my endless rabbit holes of searching for evidence-based skills.
What Does Childhood Self-Control Predict? (2011) Moffitt
Principle Self-Control as children predicts their health, wealth, and criminality as adults. Quote Following a cohort of 1,000 children from birth to the age of 32 y, we show that…
Delay of Gratification in Children – The Marshmallow Test (1989) Mischel
Principle Children’s self-control as young as preschoolers can pr dict outcomes a decade later. Quote The significant correlations between preschool delay time and adolescent outcomes, spanning more than a decade,…