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Self-control: toward systematic training programs.
Full Abstract
Selected literature is reviewed regarding the question, How may children's self-control skills be developed or improved through training? It is premature to give up on psychosocial methods of training self-control. Self-control is fostered by being in a long-term positive relationship with a dependable person who communicates the value of this goal; working at self-control challenges carefully chosen to be at the correct level of difficulty for present skill; getting many positive models of the successful exercise of self-control; logging in many hours of practice where valued rewards are contingent upon greater and greater exercise of effort; learning that valued rewards can be obtained by effort, and thereby learning to enjoy effort; using fantasy rehearsal; learning compliance skills; learning verbal concepts (including a term for self-control itself) that affect the world view in ways conducive to this skill; learning the art of self-instruction; learning to remove oneself from tempting stimuli, physically and mentally; and learning self-monitoring.
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Author information
Author/s: Strayhorn, Joseph M (JM);
Affiliation: MCP/Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA. joestrayhorn@juno.com
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 41 (issue 1) : pp 17-27
Dates: Created 2002/01/21; Completed 2002/02/26; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 11800200, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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