Brief Self-Control Scale.

BSCS

What it measures

trait self-control; self-discipline; impulse control; restraint

Length and format

13 items. 5-point Likert (not at all like me to very much like me) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated in 13+ languages incl. German, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, Persian, Turkish, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, Greek, Indonesian

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

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.