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Self-control as a personality trait

Known as: Self-Control, Regulation, Self, Control, Self 
An individual's ability to manage and monitor their emotions, behaviors, and desires in the face of external demands in order to function in society.
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The Role of Glucose in Self-Control
The strength model suggests that self-control relies on a limited resource. One candidate for this resource is glucose. Counter… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Development of emotional and behavioral regulation in children born extremely preterm and very preterm: biological and social influences.
This study describes the development of emotional and behavioral regulation in a regional cohort of children born extremely… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Nitrogen cycling in low input legume-based agriculture, with emphasis on legume/grass pastures
Low input legume-based agriculture exists in a continuum between subsistence farming and intensive arable and pastoral systems… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Randomized, dose-escalation study of SD/01 compared with daily filgrastim in patients receiving chemotherapy.
PURPOSE To explore the use of SD/01 (a polyethylene glycol-conjugated filgrastim shown in preclinical studies to have a prolonged… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Impulsivity predicts individual susceptibility to high levels of alcohol self‐administration
Clinical studies indicate large individual differences in susceptibility to alcohol abuse. Poor behavioral self regulation has… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: magnetic resonance imaging morphometric analysis of the corpus callosum.
OBJECTIVE The following study seeks to document possible differences in corpus callosal area and shape between children with… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Psychological effects of illness in adolescence. I. Anxiety, self-esteem, and perception of control.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Relative effectiveness of bibliotherapy, individual and group self-control training in the treatment of problem drinkers.
Review
1979
Review
1979
Applications of self-control procedures by children: a review.
Self-control procedures as used by children to affect their own behavior were reviewed. Particular emphasis was placed on self… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Self-regulation in the modification of disruptive classroom behavior.
This study compared self-regulation and external regulation procedures in the treatment of children's disruptive classroom… 
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