Delay of gratification, motivation for the prohibited gratification, and responses to temptation.
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Delay of gratification in children.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0096-851X
DOI: 10.1037/h0048918