Bobbio Antonella, Arbach Karin
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPSI, Unidad Ejecutora CONICET-UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2020 Jun 30;28(3):418-434. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1782283. eCollection 2021.
General Theory of Crime has considered low self-control as the main cause of crime, and the Low Self-Control Scale (LSCS) is the tool derived from this theory to measure it. However, a debate exists about self-control dimensionality, and the LSCS has been used as a suitable tool in spite of this discussion. The present work explored the LSCS psychometric properties in 272 offender and non-offender adolescents from Argentina. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the scale is best represented by a bifactor structure, so a general latent self-control factor exists beyond its elements and vice versa. Internal consistency indexes were good to excellent for total and elements scores. Criterion validity analyses indicated that risk-seeking and self-centered subscales are associated with different types of deviance to the same extent as the total scale. The present study aims to provide new evidence on the use of the LSCS in research and professional practice.
《犯罪通论》将低自我控制视为犯罪的主要原因,而低自我控制量表(LSCS)就是从该理论衍生出来用以测量它的工具。然而,关于自我控制维度存在争议,尽管有此讨论,LSCS仍被用作一种合适的工具。本研究探讨了LSCS在来自阿根廷的272名青少年罪犯和非罪犯中的心理测量特性。验证性因素分析表明,该量表最好由双因素结构来表示,即除了其各个要素之外还存在一个一般潜在自我控制因素,反之亦然。总量表和各要素得分的内部一致性指标良好至优秀。效标效度分析表明,冒险和自我中心子量表与不同类型偏差的关联程度与总量表相同。本研究旨在为LSCS在研究和专业实践中的应用提供新的证据。