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Self-Control (General)

SCSelf-Control (General)
7 items 2009 α .88 Free Fennis, B. M., & Vohs, K. D.

What it measures

A multiple-item Likert-type scale designed to measure the degree to which a person expresses having the ability to manage his/her inner responses and to resist acting upon undesired behavioral tendencies.

Citation

Fennis, Bob M., Loes Janssen, and Kathleen D. Vohs (2009), “Acts of Benevolence: A Limited Resource Account of Compliance with Charitable Requests,” Journal of Consumer Research, 35 (6), 906-924.

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