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Effortful control in early childhood: Continuity and change, antecedents, and implications for social development.

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Effortful control in early childhood: Continuity and change, antecedents, and implications for social development.

Grazyna Kochanska, Kathleen T. Murray, Elena T. Harlan · 2000 · Developmental Psychology

Children
About 100 toddlers
Where
Iowa, United States
Ages
About 2 to 3 years
How
Researchers tested the same toddlers twice
What it found
Toddlers got much better at waiting and holding back between about 2 years and nearly 3.
Limits
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