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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 108, 期 7, 页码 2693-2698出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010076108
关键词
life course; longitudinal; public policy
资金
- US National Institute on Aging [AG032282, 2AG21178]
- National Institute of Mental Health [MH077874]
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD061298]
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [DE015260]
- National Institute on Drug Abuse [DA023026]
- UK Medical Research Council [G0100527, G0601483]
- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-177-25-0013]
- New Zealand Health Research Council
- Hebrew University
- Jacobs Foundation
- UK Department of Health
- Royal Society
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/H034897/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G9817803B, G0601483, G1002190, G9806489, G0100527] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/H034897/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G9806489, G0100527, G1002190, G0601483] Funding Source: UKRI
Policy-makers are considering large-scale programs aimed at self-control to improve citizens' health and wealth and reduce crime. Experimental and economic studies suggest such programs could reap benefits. Yet, is self-control important for the health, wealth, and public safety of the population? Following a cohort of 1,000 children from birth to the age of 32 y, we show that childhood self-control predicts physical health, substance dependence, personal finances, and criminal offending outcomes, following a gradient of self-control. Effects of children's self-control could be disentangled from their intelligence and social class as well as from mistakes they made as adolescents. In another cohort of 500 sibling-pairs, the sibling with lower self-control had poorer outcomes, despite shared family background. Interventions addressing self-control might reduce a panoply of societal costs, save taxpayers money, and promote prosperity.
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