Table 1. The performance of all children on the delay-of-gratification task.

The performance of all children in the personal story, simple story, and control story conditions.

Group	Personal	Impersonal	Control	Boys	Girls
Pre-test
Mean	7.94	7.18	8.29	6.42	8.94
SD	5.94	6.78	6.39	5.93	6.46
N (boy/girl)	27 (12/15)	27 (12/15)	29 (13/16)	37	46
Post-test
Mean	8.21	8.03	7.96	6.15	9.60
SD	6.64	6.94	6.71	6.71	6.32
N (boy/girl)	27 (12/15)	27 (12/15)	29 (13/16)	37	46