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Discover Ludwig"poor self-control" is correct and usable in written English
You could use it in a sentence to describe a person who has difficulty regulating themselves, for example: "The teenager had poor self-control and often found himself in trouble at school."
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In other words: it's their poor self-control.
Nor is it a bad habit or a result of poor self-control.
The other mechanism is less rational and is especially valuable for children and adults with poor self-control.
People who gorged themselves gave a visible sign of poor self-control; what mattered was their flawed character, not their mortality risk.
Our contention is that smokers exhibit poor self-control in the face of immediate temptation — which can look like a willingness to assume risk.
Interpretation: "If someone is prone to peer pressure and has poor self-control, he might give in to binge drinking and not attending classes.
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If we are right that smokers tend to have poorer self-control, such manipulations may be used to help sustain their willpower.
In Baumeister's study, not only did the self-control group show lower glucose levels, low glucose levels led to poorer self-control.
For example, effortful ER compared to emotional acceptance was found to lead to poorer self-control in a subsequent stop-signal task requiring response inhibition (Alberts, Schneider, & Martijn, 2012).
We saw rage, and poor self control.
Poor self control?
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