On the measurement of low self-control in Add Health and NLSY79.
Limited attention has been devoted to the dimensionality of the low self-control scales commonly constructed in two nationally representative datasets routinely used to test self-control theory (SCT) – Add Health and NLSY79. We assess the measurement properties of the low self-control scales by comp...
| Publicado en: | Psychology, Crime & Law Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 619 - 651 |
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Aug2016
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