The Role of Poverty and Chaos in the Development of Task Persistence Among Adolescents

Late adolescents (N = 256; Mage = 17.5) who spent a larger proportion of their early life in poverty exhibited less persistence when confronted by a challenging task. Greater chaos during early adolescence also predicted less task persistence at age 17. However, the effects of poverty were moderated...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of research on adolescence 2015-12, Vol.25 (4), p.606-613
Hauptverfasser:	Fuller-Rowell, Thomas E., Evans, Gary W., Paul, Elise, Curtis, David S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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