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SUBMITTER: Dou K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791543 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dou Kai K Li Jian-Bin JB Wang Yu-Jie YJ Li Jing-Jing JJ Liang Zi-Qin ZQ Nie Yan-Gang YG
PloS one 20191014 10
High levels of self-control are found to be associated with greater life satisfaction. To further understand this relationship, the current study examined two questions: (1) whether too much self-control reduces, rather than increases, life satisfaction, as argued by some scholars; and (2) whether engaging in prosocial behavior explains the "self-control-life satisfaction" link. To this end, we conducted survey research among adolescents (N = 1,009), university students (N = 2,620), and adult wo ...[more]