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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 22901, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    D. Bruce Carter, Charlotte J. Patterson & Susan J. Quasebarth

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Completion of this work was facilitated by NIMH grant MH 27689 and by a Wilson Gee Institute grant to Charlotte Patterson. We wish to thank Dave Demarest and Steve Romaneila for their help in conducting this study. We also wish to thank Dr. John Biller, principal of the Hollvmead School, and Mrs. Christine McCauley, director of the Early Childhood Development Center (both of Charlottesville, Virginia), for their outstanding cooperation. Susan Quasebarth Hood is now at the Bing Nursery School, Stanford University.

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Carter, D.B., Patterson, C.J. & Quasebarth, S.J. Development of children's use of plans for self-control. Cogn Ther Res 3, 407–413 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184456

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