Math and self-control
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This study uses data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study to investigate the developmental relationship between mathematics achievement and self-control. Prior work has established that self-control is associated with academic performance, but important questions remain about whether these associations differ across academic domains, which dimensions of self-control are most relevant, and how academic performance and self-control influence one another over time. The present registration focuses specifically on the developmental direction of association between mathematics achievement and self-control-related processes over time. The central question is whether stronger self-control predicts later academic success, whether stronger mathematics achievement predicts later self-control, or whether the association is bidirectional. We hypothesize that the developmental relationship between mathematics achievement and self-control-related processes will be bidirectional.
Authors: Zhao, Priscilla, McCandliss, Bruce
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7153842713