This research was also able to identify a number of things that patience is not; specifically, patience is not just the opposite of impatience, delay of gratification, or self-regulation of emotion. The evidence for the effects of patience, though limited, seems to reflect both positive and negative outcomes.
Using the same method, in 1999â2004, myopia prevalence was estimated to have climbed to 41.6%. A study of 2,523 children in grades 1 to 8 (age, 5â17 years) found nearly one in 10 (9.2%) have at least â 0.75 diopters of myopia.
Myopia is the inability to focus clearly upon distant objects. The rays of light which enter your eye are focused at a point in front of the retina, rather than directly on it. This is usually caused by too much near point stress such as: 1  Reading and writing. 2  Playing computer games.