self-control was a tenet of masculinity in my culture, in the north especially self-control was absolutely necessary to well-being for a wide variety of reasons. Self-control comes easier to some than others, but all were responsible to train yourself to do it.
Self-control, aka willpower, is about 60% heritable, with virtually no influence from shared family environment. New meta-analysis of 31 studies, with total sample over 30,000 people.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763418307905 …
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this is cool to see, I have three sons and they all vary with their ability to control themselves. my first son comes to him easily, and my next two sons have a really hard time with it and we have to be really patient with them as they learn it lol.
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Were the children raised by their biological parents?
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It doesn’t matter, so long as twins were raised together. Twin studies compare identical twins (same genes) with non-identical twins (half the same genes) to estimate the effect due to genes versus environment.
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The cupcake test is still most powerful...
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What is the other 40%?
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This makes a lot of sense.
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I believe George Carlin "theorised" this on stage in one of his stand up sets. Interesting
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That has a little something to say about our "justice" system, doesn't it? Our whole system, as a matter of fact.
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"Rather, these results suggest that environmental effects on self-control, that explain 40% of the variance, are unique to individuals. " <--unique environments? Hmmmm...
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