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dc.contributor.authorAllom, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorPanetta, G.
dc.contributor.authorMullan, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:36:57Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:36:57Z
dc.date.created2015-12-10T04:25:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationAllom, V. and Panetta, G. and Mullan, B. and Hagger, M. 2016. Self-report and behavioural approaches to the measurement of self-control: Are we assessing the same construct? Personality and Individual Differences. 90: pp. 137-142.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23375
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.051
dc.description.abstract

The capacity for self-control has been consistently linked to successful execution of health behaviour. However, a lack of consensus remains in the conceptualisation and measurement of the construct. Notably, self-report measures relate to behavioural measures of self-control only weakly or not at all. The aim of the current research was to examine the relationship between self-report and behavioural measures of self-control to determine whether these differentially relate to health behaviour. Participants (N = 146) completed questionnaire and behavioural measures of self-control, and reported their physical activity. A direct effect of self-reported self-control on physical activity was observed, qualified by an interaction between self-reported self-control and behavioural measures, whereby greater self-reported self-control was associated with greater engagement in physical activity among those who performed poorly on the stop-signal task and those who performed well on the Stroop task. These results appear to indicate that the combination of trait self-control and behavioural factors leads to facilitative or debilitative effects on behaviour. Self-report and behavioural measures of self-control do not appear to assess the same elements of self-control and should not be used interchangeably. It is suggested that these measurement modes reflect a difference between trait self-control and specific self-control processes.

dc.titleSelf-report and behavioural approaches to the measurement of self-control: Are we assessing the same construct?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume90
dcterms.source.startPage137
dcterms.source.endPage142
dcterms.source.issn0191-8869
dcterms.source.titlePersonality and Individual Differences
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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