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ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2024

The power of cultural habits: The role of effortless control in delaying gratification.

Kaichi Yanaoka, Rachel Foster, Laura E Michaelson, Satoru Saito, Yuko Munakata

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Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kaichi YanaokaOsaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan.
Rachel FosterDepartment of Psychology and Center for Mind and Brain, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Laura E MichaelsonAmerican Institutes for Research, Arlington, VA, USA.
Satoru SaitoGraduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yuko MunakataDepartment of Psychology and Center for Mind and Brain, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Electronic address: ymunakata@ucdavis.edu.

Funding

Developing Adaptive Coordination of Executive FunctionsR01HD086184 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI YUKO MUNAKATA · 2016 to 2026
$3.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

What factors lead children to delay gratification, holding out for larger rewards later instead of taking smaller rewards now? Traditionally, delay of gratification has been associated with effortful control and willpower. However, we propose that delay of gratification may be partially supported by effortless control employed through habits shaped within sociocultural contexts. Specifically, in sociocultural contexts where waiting is rewarding and socially valued, children are more likely to wait for larger, delayed rewards and to form associations between these contexts and waiting for rewards. These acquired habits enable waiting for rewards without requiring substantial cognitive effort. Based on this novel framework, we reconsider why childhood delay of gratification predicts life outcomes, and the role of cognitive, social, and cultural factors.

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Delay DiscountingHabitsRewardChildCultureHumansCultureDelay of gratificationHabitsSocial contextYoung children

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PMID39348728
PMCPMC12058225

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