About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | General capacity for self discipline; Deliberate/Self-impulsive action; Healthy habits; Work ethic; Reliability |
| Description | The self-control scale aims to assess people’s ability to control their impulses, alter their emotions and thoughts, and to interrupt undesired behavioural tendencies and refrain from acting on them. |
| Example | I say inappropriate things |
| Link | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00263.x/full |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 36 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-15 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .89 |
| Test retest | 3 weeks, r= .89 |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor orthogo |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Eating Disorder Inventory, r= [-.48,.06] |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. & Baumeister, R. (2005). Parenting behaviour and adolescent behvioural and emotional problems: The role of self-control. The Journal of Behavioral Development, 29(1), 58-69. doi:10.1080/01650250444000333 Tangney, J. P., Baumeister, R. F., & Boone, A. L. (2004). High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. Journal of Personality, 72(2), 271–324. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00263.x Mehroof, M. & Griffiths, M. (2010). Online gaming addiction: The role of sensation seeking, self-control, neuroticism, aggression, state anxiety, and trait anxiety. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 13(3), 313-316. doi:10.1089/cpb.2009.0229 |