Self-control and effortful control.
15 catalogued instruments are currently grouped under this construct, across 6 domains: Developmental, child, family and couple; Health, quality of life and health psychology; Large-scale assessment; Personality: broadband models; Personality: dark traits and pathology; Self-regulation and positive traits.
This grouping is editorial and provisional. It is derived from what each entry says it measures, it has not been reviewed instrument by instrument, and 195 catalogued instruments are not yet grouped under any construct. Treat the list as a starting point rather than a complete answer, and read each entry for what it actually covers.
- CBQ - Children's Behavior Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 195 (standard); 94 (short form); 36 (very short form). copyrighted - author permission.
- ATQ - Adult Temperament Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 77 (short form); a long form (~249 items) also exists. copyrighted - author permission.
- EATQ-R - Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire - Revised
Developmental, child, family and couple. ~65 (self-report long); short forms exist; parent-report version available. copyrighted - author permission.
- ECBQ - Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 201 (standard); 107 (short form); 36 (very short form). open with attribution.
- TMCQ - Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. ~157 (parent report). open with attribution.
- WOC / WCQ - Ways of Coping Questionnaire
Health, quality of life and health psychology. 66 (50 scored). copyrighted - commercial.
- SSES - OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills
Large-scale assessment. Student assessment covering 15 skills (approx 8 items per skill) plus student, parent, teacher and principal context questionnaires. mixed.
- 16PF (5th ed.) - Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (5th Edition)
Personality: broadband models. 185 items. copyrighted - commercial.
- CPI - California Psychological Inventory
Personality: broadband models. CPI 434 (434 items, ~18-20 folk scales); CPI 260 (260 items). copyrighted - commercial.
- SIPP-118 (SIPP-SF) - Severity Indices of Personality Problems
Personality: dark traits and pathology. 118 (SIPP-SF short form 60). copyrighted - author permission.
- BSCS - Brief Self-Control Scale
Self-regulation and positive traits. 13 items. public-domain / open.
- SCS - Self-Control Scale (full)
Self-regulation and positive traits. 36 items. public-domain / open.
- MAIA - Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness
Self-regulation and positive traits. 32 items. public-domain / open.
- SMS - Self-Monitoring Scale
Self-regulation and positive traits. 25 items. public-domain / open.
- SSRQ - Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire
Self-regulation and positive traits. 31 items. public-domain / open.
Related constructs in self-regulation, motivation and coping
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