title: Assessing attention control in goal pursuit: a component of dispositional self-regulation.
abstract: We examined the psychometric properties of the Self-Regulation Scale (SRS; Schwarzer, Diehl, & Schmitz, 1999), a measure of attention control in goal pursuit, in 2 independent studies. Study 1 included young adults (N = 443), whereas Study 2 included young, middle-aged, and older adults (N = 330). In both studies, the SRS showed good internal consistency. In Study 1, the SRS also showed satisfactory test-retest reliability over a 6-week period. We found support for the criterion validity of the SRS in terms of positive correlations with measures of general and domain-specific self-efficacy, proactive coping, and positive affect and in terms of negative correlations with depressive symptoms and negative affect. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that attention control accounted for unique portions of variance in relevant outcome variables above and beyond measures of self-efficacy and proactive coping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, 508 McCarty C, P.O. Box 115911, Gainesville, 32611-5911, USA. mdiehl@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: Angelenia B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Semegon
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwarzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires