University of Pennsylvania.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2017 Sep;12(5):715-718. doi: 10.1177/1745691617690880. Epub 2017 Sep 1.
In 2005, we discovered that self-control "outdoes" talent in predicting academic success during adolescence. Since then, a surfeit of longitudinal evidence has affirmed the importance of self-control to achieving everyday goals that conflict with momentary temptations. In parallel, research that has "lumped" self-control with other facets of Big Five conscientiousness has shown the superior predictive power of this broad family of individual differences for diverse life outcomes. Self-control can also be "split" from related traits that in certain contexts demonstrate superior predictive power for achievement. Most important, both the "lumping" and "splitting" traditions have enhanced our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and antecedents of self-control. Collectively, progress over the past decade and a half suggests a bright future for the science and practice of self-control.
2005 年，我们发现自我控制能力在预测青少年时期的学业成功方面优于天赋。从那时起，大量的纵向研究证据证实了自我控制能力对于实现与即时诱惑相冲突的日常目标的重要性。与此同时，将自我控制与大五人格中的其他方面“归为一类”的研究表明，这种广泛的个体差异对各种生活结果具有更高的预测力。自我控制也可以与在某些情况下表现出对成就更高预测力的相关特征“分离”。最重要的是，“归为一类”和“分离”这两种传统都增强了我们对自我控制的潜在机制和前提的理解。总的来说，过去十五年的进展表明，自我控制的科学和实践有着光明的未来。
