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The Multiple Pathways by Which Trait Self-Control Predicts Health Behavior

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Acknowledgments

Martin S. Hagger was supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP130103277.

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Martin S. Hagger declares that he has no conflict of interest

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  1. Laboratory of Self-Regulation, Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Research Group, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

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Hagger, M.S. The Multiple Pathways by Which Trait Self-Control Predicts Health Behavior. ann. behav. med. 48, 282–283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9631-x

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