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Dispositionelle Selbstkontrollkapazität bei Kindern

Erprobung einer Fremdbeurteilerversion der SCS-K-D

Published Online:January 02, 2014https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000099

Abstract

Selbstkontrolle ermöglicht die Unterdrückung oder Modifikation automatischer Reaktionstendenzen. Selbstkontrolle korreliert mit vielen Konstrukten aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen. Zur Erfassung dispositioneller Selbstkontrollkapazität bei Kindern werden bislang vor allem klinisch orientierte Verfahren verwendet. Um auch im Normalbereich Unterschiede in der Selbstkontrollkapazität messen zu können, wurde die bei Erwachsenen bereits bewährte deutsche Kurzform der Self-Control Scale (SCS‐K‐D; Bertrams & Dickhäuser, 2009) für die Fremdbeurteilung von Kindern modifiziert und in drei Studien bei Kindern zwischen 6 und 12 Jahren erprobt. Die psychometrischen Kennwerte und die faktorielle Struktur der modifizierten Fassung stimmen mit der der SCS-K-D überein und die Retest-Reliabilität der Skala ist befriedigend. Validitätshinweise ergeben sich aus negativen Korrelationen mit Symptomen externalisierender Störungen. Die Skala differenziert nicht nur zwischen Kindern mit und ohne Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS), sondern zeigt auch noch innerhalb der Gruppen Selbstkontrollunterschiede auf. Die Fremdbeurteilerversion der SCS-K-D ermöglicht die ökonomische Erfassung der dispositionellen Selbstkontrollkapazität bei Kindern im Normal- und klinischen Bereich.


Children’s dispositional self-control–Evaluation of a parent-rating version of the SCS-K-D

Self-control is required to suppress or modify automatized reaction tendencies. Individual differences in dispositional self-control correlate with a broad range of constructs. To facilitate the assessment of dispositional self-control in normally developing children, we modified the German short form of the Self-Control Scale (SCS-K-D; Bertrams & Dickhäuser, 2009), an established instrument for the assessment of self-control in adults. The modified scale was tested in three studies with children aged 6 to 12 years. Psychometric parameters and factor structure matched the respective parameters of the SCS-K-D, and the scale’s retest reliability is satisfactory. Correlations with symptoms of externalising psychopathology indicate the validity of the scale. The scale not only differentiates groups of normally developing children from children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but also measures within-group differences. The parent-rating version of the SCS-K-D can be used to economically assess dispositional self-control in normally developing children and in clinical groups.

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