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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Self control

Overview

  • Influence: Self control
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Perseverance and confidence
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Self-control relates to the capacity to alter or override dominant or impulsive response tendencies and to regulate behavior, thoughts, and emotions in order to achieve long term goals.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 126
  • Number of students: 89,853
  • Number of effects: 157
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.66
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Book de Ridder, Lensvelt-Mulders, Finkenauer, Stok, & Baumeister Netherlands Taking Stock of Self-Control: A Meta-Analysis of How Trait Self-Control Relates to a Wide Range of Behaviors 2018 Self control 5 1,546 5 0.77
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education Nasvytiene & Lazdauskas, Lithuania Temperament and academic achievement in children: A meta-analysis. 2021 Effortful control 57 79,913 57 0.65
Conference paper Naso, Siler, Hougland, Lance, Maws & Bridgett USA A Meta-Analysis of Effortful Control and Child Outcomes Part I: Social Competence, Academic Competence, and Achievement 2011 Effortful control 58 8,394 89 0.68
Dissertation Taylor Canada The differential effects of academic motivation types on school achievement and persistence 2012 Relative autonomy 6 0 6 0.39
TOTAL/AVERAGE 126 89,853 157 0.62
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