Background Self‐regulation (SR) is central to developmental psychopathology, but progress
has been impeded by varying terminology and meanings across fields and literatures …

Executive function (EF) underpins the ability to set goals and work towards those goals by co-
ordinating thought and action. Its emergence during the first 3 years of life is under-studied …

This study examines whether 388 adolescents' digital technology use is associated with
mental-health symptoms during early adolescence to midadolescence. Adolescents …

Other than talent and opportunity, what makes some people more successful than others?
One important determinant of success is self-control—the capacity to regulate attention …

Students with externalizing or internalizing behavior problems are at increased risk of
underachievement and school non-completion, often due to their lower school engagement …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global traumatic experience for citizens, especially during
sensitive time windows of heightened plasticity such as pregnancy and neonatal life …

Objective Increasing attention has been paid to the distinction between the dimensions of
narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability. We examine the degree to which basic traits …

The development of children's emotion-related self-regulation appears to be related to, and
likely involved in, many aspects of children's development. In this review, the distinction …

Few studies include associations of emotions, or of individual differences in emotionality, to
academic competence, and there are virtually no empirical data on when or why relations …

Conflicts between immediately rewarding activities and more enduringly valued goals
abound in the lives of school-age children. Such conflicts call upon children to exercise self …