title: A comparison of four measures of self-control skills.
abstract: This study compares the psychometric characteristics of four questionnaires designed to assess self-control skills: the Self-Control Questionnaire, the Frequency of Self-Reinforcement Questionnaire, the Cognitive Self-Management Test, and the Lifestyle Approaches Inventory. Content validity was judged to be fairly comparable by three raters in Study 1. In Study 2, convergent and divergent validity support was obtained for all four questionnaires when administered to 369 multiethnic college students, but the relative degree of support varied across constructs. Hence, selection of a self-control instrument may be guided by the target behavior of interest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822, USA. mezo@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Mezo
authors.forename: Elaine M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Heiby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires