@misc{10481/92379,
year = {2024},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92379},
abstract = {The Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) is a 13-item personality measure capturing how people
differ in their capacity to exert self-control. Although the BSCS was originally regarded as a
one-dimensional scale, subsequent psychometric studies have provided support for the
empirical distinction of two and four interrelated but distinct components of self-control.
Using a large sample of Spanish adults (n = 1,558; 914 female, 58.7%), we performed a
comprehensive data-driven comparison of the most well-established item-level latent structures
for the BSCS. Results showed that the differentiation between general self-discipline
and impulse control offered a better fit to the observed data than did the unidimensional
representation of self-control. This two-dimensional structure for the BSCS scores was also
supported in terms of its internal consistency, measurement invariance across gender and
age groups, and meaningful correlations with wellbeing-related indicators and Big Five personality
traits. Plausible implications of these findings are discussed.},
organization = {Agency
for Management of University and Research Grants
(AGAUR) of the Government of Catalonia, grant
number 2021SGR01071},
organization = {Postdoctoral fellowship
“Margarita Salas” at the University of Granada,
financed by the European Union (EU) – Next Generation EU funds},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
title = {Testing the latent structure, factorial equivalence, and external correlates of the brief self-control scale in a community sample of Spanish adults},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0296719},
author = {Torres Marín, Jorge and Gómez-Benito, Juana and Guerrero, Estefania and Guilera, Georgina and Barrios, Maite},
}