Abstract

AVILA S., Raúl  and  ORTEGA, Brenda E.. Correlation of Parents and Classmates Reports with Self-Controlled Behavior in Children. Rev. mex. anál. conducta [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.2, pp.6-21. ISSN 0185-4534.

Self-report, the report by parents and the report by classmates of self-controlled behavior were examined for 20 children. These children also participated in a computer-based self-control task in which each subject was exposed to a 32-s time cycle (T cycle) in which a video was presented during the last 8 s (S^R₁) of the cycle. The video could be presented for another 8 s once the T cycle elapsed (S^R₂), but only if the child did not try and reproduce S^R₁. If the child attempted to do so, S^R₁ was interrupted and the S^R₂ presentation was cancelled. Reliable correlations were found between parents and classmates reports for both, self-controlled and impulsive behavior of children. However, the performance of the children in the computer-based self-controlled task was independent of self-reports or the reports by parents or classmates. The findings are related to the study of self-controlled behavior defined as refraining from consuming a reward until a predetermined criterion is reached.

Keywords : self-report; questionnaires; self-controlled task; refraining from consuming; humans.

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