Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain.
Assessment. 2022 Jul;29(5):949-961. doi: 10.1177/1073191121996470. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
During adolescence, the difficulty to control impulses is especially notable. The Brief Self-Control Scale has been used in different countries for years to study associations between self-control and other variables. However, its factor structure is not completely clear, and it is necessary to have a scale with psychometric assurances that evaluates self-control in adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure of the Brief Self-Control Scale and to provide evidences of reliability, validity, and factor invariance across gender and age in a sample of Spanish adolescents. Participants were 693 adolescents from Southeastern Spain, aged 13 to 18 years. Data supported an excellent fit to a two-dimensional model and evidences of reliability, validity and factor invariance across gender and age were obtained. This study provides new data on the two-dimensionality of self-control. The need of this tool becomes increasingly relevant to the susceptibility of new emerging addictions, such as mobile phones or internet.
在青春期，冲动控制的难度尤其明显。多年来，《简要自我控制量表》已在不同国家用于研究自我控制与其他变量之间的关联。然而，其因素结构并不完全清楚，有必要拥有一个具有心理测量保证的量表，以评估青少年的自我控制能力。本研究旨在检验《简要自我控制量表》的因子结构，并为西班牙青少年样本提供可靠性、有效性和跨性别、跨年龄因子不变性的证据。参与者是来自西班牙东南部的 693 名青少年，年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间。数据支持一个二维模型的极好拟合，并且在性别和年龄上都得到了可靠性、有效性和因子不变性的证据。本研究提供了关于自我控制二维性的新数据。对于新出现的成瘾行为（如手机或互联网），这种工具的需求变得越来越重要。
