Brief Self-Control Scale.
BSCS
trait self-control; self-discipline; impulse control; restraint
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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.
A related assessment we deliver
Our published mapping does not resolve which of two closely related instruments this assessment deploys, so we do not claim it is built on this one. The link is offered as the nearest measure we deliver, and no normative data is attributed to this instrument on that basis.
- Self-Control TestSKL-SC(mapping unresolved)
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