RT Article
T1 Examination of Grasmick et al.’s Low Self-Control Scale and of a Short Version With Cross-Gender Measurement Invariance
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 13/14
SP 2741
OP 2764
A1 Pechorro, Pedro Fernandes dos Santos
A2 DeLisi, Matt
A2 Pacheco, Catarina
A2 Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa
A2 Maroco, João
A2 Quintas, Jorge
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869155653
AB Grasmick et al.?s Low Self-Control Scale (LSCS) is considered the gold-standard of self-control measures due to the frequency of its use in criminology. The aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the LSCS from a more modern psychometric perspective and develop a shorter version. Our sample consisted of young adults (N = 610, M = 21.33 years, SD = 3.09) from Portugal. The six-factor intercorrelated model of the LSCS showed an adequate fit, but models that would legitimate using a total score could not be confirmed. The subscales? intercorrelations revealed some low non-significant correlations. The six subscales showed distinctive correlates with other measures, with three subscales presenting some problematic correlations. Confirmatory factor analysis was subsequently used to develop a three-factor shorter version with strong cross-gender measurement invariance and good reliability. Findings have implications for the validity of the general theory of crime specifically which components of self-control have the greatest empirical linkages to conduct problems and related deviance.
K1 Low Self-Control Scale (LSCS)
K1 Assessment
K1 Gender
K1 Measurement invariance
K1 Validation
DO 10.1177/00111287211073674