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My brain needs a break: kindergarteners’ willpower theories are related to behavioral self-regulation

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2020
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Compagnoni, M., Sieber, V., & Job, V. (2020). My brain needs a break: kindergarteners’ willpower theories are related to behavioral self-regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 601724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601724

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Is the way that kindergarteners view their willpower – as a limited or as a non-limited resource – related to their motivation and behavioral self-regulation? This study is the first to examine the structure of beliefs about willpower in relation to behavioral self-regulation by interviewing 147 kindergarteners (52% girls) aged 5 to 7 years (M = 6.47, SD = 0.39). A new instrument was developed to assess implicit theories about willpower for this specific age group. Results indicated that kindergarteners who think of their willpower as

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11

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601724

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Implicit theories about willpower, self-regulation, motivation, kindergarten, goal-orientation, self-control, willpower, meta-cognition

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English

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2020-12-16

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2021-01-21

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1664-1078

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61 since deposited on 2021-01-21
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95 since deposited on 2021-01-21
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Compagnoni, M., Sieber, V., & Job, V. (2020). My brain needs a break: kindergarteners’ willpower theories are related to behavioral self-regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 601724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601724

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