单选题 From a very early age, some children exhibit better self-control than others. Now, a new study has tracked how low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and 31 a criminal record in their adult years.
The study began with 1,000 children in New Zealand. Researchers followed them for 32 . They observed the level of self-control the youngsters 33 . Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like "acting before thinking" and " 34 in reaching goals."
The children of the study are now adults in their thirties. Terrie Moffitt of Duke University found that kids with self-control issues 35 to grow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with. "The children who had the lowest self-control 36 they were age three to ten, early years, later on had the most health problems in their thirties," Moffitt said, "and they had the worst 37 situation. They were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent 38 a very low income."
Moffitt said it"s still unclear why some children have better self-control than others, 39 other researchers have found that it"s mostly a learned behavior, with relatively little 40 influence. But good self-control can run in families because children with good self—control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.