Self-Control Scale AS-36: Construction and validation study

• Authors: Edward Nęcka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents a validation study of a new questionnaire of self-control as an individual trait. The questionnaire has two parallel versions, one based on self-reports (AS-36) and another one based on informant reports (AS-36-3). Each version consists of three subscales, called Inhibition (12 items), Switching (12 items), and Goal Monitoring (12 items). Eight samples of participants (N = 935 altogether) took part in the validation study. Both versions obtained satisfactory indices of internal consistency, assessed with Cronbach’s alpha and split-half coefficients. Selfcontrol assessed with this scale proved to be entirely independent of general intelligence. However, AS-36 and AS-36-3 scores tended to correlate with other self-report measures of trait self control, such as Tangney, Baumeister, and Boone’s (2004) self-control scale. We conclude that AS-36 is a valid and reliable tool, suitable for assessment of self-control in both research and diagnostic settings.

Keywords

EN

self-control; self-control-questionnaire; self-control scale; executive control; assessment

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 488-497

Dates

published

2015-09-01

online

2015-11-17

Contributors

author

Edward Nęcka

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Psychology

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0055