A Psychometric Analysis of the Brief Self-Control Scale

Manapat, Patrick D.; Edwards, Michael C.; MacKinnon, David P.; Poldrack, Russell A.; Marsch, Lisa A.

doi:10.1177/1073191119890021

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“…The Ten Item Personality Measure (76,77), the General Selfefficacy Scale (78,79), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (80,81), the Self-Management Ability Scale ( 82) and the Brief Self-control Scale (83)(84)(85).…”

Section: Personalitymentioning

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A Network Perspective on Successful Aging and Resilience in Later Life: A Protocol Paper

Brinkhof¹,

Kr²,

s³

et al. 2021

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Aging inevitably gives rise to many late-life challenges and transitions that impose threats for one’s physical and mental health, which can greatly impact our well-being and quality of life. Hence, the key to successful aging may not be the absence of these challenges and transitions, but the ability to demonstrate resilience to them. We recently started a large-scale study (N > 10.000) among older adults (55 years or older) in the Netherlands, with the aim to understand resilience as an emergent property that arises through the interplay between various (risk and protective) factors from different domains. Participants are asked to complete online questionnaires and tests that cover a multitude of relevant factors from multiple domains (e.g., physical, psychological, cognitive, social, environmental). Relationships between those factors will be analysed through network analysis, in which conditional dependencies between factors are depicted in a network of nodes. In this way, critical resilience (protective) and risk factors can be identified. This study offers a unique possibility to obtain insights into the factors that characterize and contribute to resilience in old age and thereby assist in generating hypotheses for follow up work. The contribution of this study in the growing field of resilience research, as well as the limitations, are discussed accordingly.

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Section: Personalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Network Perspective on Successful Aging and Resilience in Later Life: A Protocol Paper

Brinkhof¹,

Kr²,

s³

et al. 2021

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“…The 11-item version of the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS; used in Finkenauer et al, 2005 ; Tangney et al, 2004 ) was used to assess trait self-control at T1. The original scale shows adequate reliability ( Tangney et al, 2004 ) and structural validity ( Manapat et al, 2019 ). The short Dutch version of the scale showed adequate reliability ( Finkenauer et al, 2005 ; Frijns et al, 2005 ).…”

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A Dyadic Test of the Association Between Trait Self-Control and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

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Previous research has demonstrated that trait self-control is related to a range of positive romantic relationship processes, suggesting that trait self-control should be positively and robustly linked to relationship satisfaction in both partners in a romantic relationship. However, the existing empirical evidence is limited and mixed, especially regarding partner effects (i.e., the effect of one’s self-control on the partner’s relationship satisfaction). With three datasets of heterosexual couples (S1: N = 195 newlyweds, longitudinal; S2: N = 249 couples who transition into first parenthood, longitudinal; S3: N = 929 couples, cross-sectional), the present pre-registered studies examined: (1) the dyadic associations between trait self-control and relationship satisfaction both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, and (2) whether these effects hold when controlling for both partners’ relationship commitment. The results indicated a cross-sectional positive actor effect, some support for a positive cross-sectional partner effect, and only little support for a longitudinal actor (but not partner) effect. After controlling for relationship commitment, all effects of trait self-control on satisfaction diminished except for a longitudinal actor effect among women in Study 2. Potential explanations for the current results, and implications for theory and practice, are discussed.

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“…Additionally, the BSCS was found to measure the same domains and content of self-control as the Total Self-Control Scale (Tangney et al 2004). A recent psychometric study demonstrated further good properties of the BSCS, including support for a unidimensional structure (Manapat et al 2021) The International Personality Item Pool-Interpersonal Circumplex (IPIP-IPC), a 32-item measure, was used as a brief assessment of the dimensions of the IPC (Markey and Markey 2009). Participants rate themselves with regard to the accuracy of various descriptions (e.g., "Let others finish what they are saying" and "Snap at people") using a 5-point Likert scale.…”

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Insecure Attachment to God and Interpersonal Conflict

2021

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Research has expanded the notion of attachment to caregivers to other figures such as God, and there is now literature supporting positive effects of attachment to God with various psychosocial outcomes. The dimensions of attachment to God—anxiety and avoidance—reflect varying ways that people see God as supportive and reliable versus unsupportive and inconsistent. As a stable aspect of the individual, attachment to God results in recurring patterns of interpersonal behavior that can maintain and support self-control or disrupt it. No studies have examined the moderating effect of attachment to God on the relationship between self-control and negative social exchanges. To fill this gap, a sample of 1049 adults across the United States completed measures on attachment to God, self-control, and interpersonal outcomes. First, results showed that insecure attachment to God is associated with a hostile-dominant interpersonal style. Second, it was found that the highest level of negative social exchanges occurred in individuals low in self-control and high in attachment avoidance and anxiety. Results are discussed in terms of self-regulation, stress exposure, and situation selection. An implication of the current study is that secure attachment to God may foster less stress exposure by influencing a person’s situation selection.

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A Psychometric Analysis of the Brief Self-Control Scale

Cited by 35 publications

References 47 publications

A Network Perspective on Successful Aging and Resilience in Later Life: A Protocol Paper

A Network Perspective on Successful Aging and Resilience in Later Life: A Protocol Paper

A Dyadic Test of the Association Between Trait Self-Control and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

Insecure Attachment to God and Interpersonal Conflict

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