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.
What is myopia? Otherwise known as nearsightedness, myopia occurs when the eye grows too long from front to back. Instead of focusing images on the retinaâthe light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eyeâthe lens of the eye focuses the image in front of the retina. People with myopia have good near vision but poor distance vision. Otherwise known as nearsightedness, myopia occurs when the eye grows too long from front to back. Instead of focusing images on the retinaâthe light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eyeâthe lens of the eye focuses the image in front of the retina. People with myopia have good near vision but poor distance vision. People with myopia can typically see well enough to read a book or computer screen but struggle to see objects farther away.