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The discipline–self-control association is stronger for general self-control than for cognitive self-control

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q4
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q4 i? Effect sizes were stronger for studies examining general self-control compared to studies examining cognitive self-control. → Li 2021

Evidence

Li 2021

Li, J. B., Bi, S. S., Willems, Y. E., & Finkenauer, C. (2021). The Association Between School Discipline and Self-Control From Preschoolers to High School Students: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 91(1), 73-111. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654320979160

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Moderator analysis within the same meta-analysis comparing self-control domains. Associations with school discipline were stronger for "general self-control" than for cognitive self-control; no moderator effect size is printed.

"and for studies that examined general self-control (compared to cognitive self-control)"

Discussion

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type claim
id general-vs-cognitive-self-control-association
title The discipline–self-control association is stronger for general self-control than for cognitive self-control
description The discipline–self-control association is stronger for general self-control than for cognitive self-control
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2021
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-20
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sources 1 — li-2021

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