Desire for Self-Control Scale

PsycTESTS Citation:
Uziel, L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2017). Desire for Self-Control Scale [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS.
doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t62381-000

Instrument Type:
Rating Scale

Test Format:
Respondents rate the extent to which each of the 8 statements describes them (in general) using a 5-point scale (1 =
strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree).

Source:
Uziel, Liad, & Baumeister, Roy F. (2017). The self-control irony: Desire for self-control limits exertion of self-control in
demanding settings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol 43(5), 693-705. doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167217695555, © 2017 by Society for Personality and Social Psychology,
Inc. Reproduced by Permission of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

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Desire for Self-Control Scale

DSCS

Items

Instructions: Please mark your level of agreement with the following statements, which refer to what you WANT in your life in general:
In my life in general . . . Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
1. I want to be more self-disciplined. 1 2 3 4 5
2. I want to be better able to concentrate on tasks. 1 2 3 4 5
I wish I had more control over my responses in stressing 1 2 3 4 5
3.
situations.
4. I want to be better able to resist temptations. 1 2 3 4 5
5. I want to be better able to hold back bad thoughts when they 1 2 3 4 5
come to my mind.
6. I wish I had a better ability to change unwanted habits. 1 2 3 4 5
7. I want to have more control over my feelings. 1 2 3 4 5
8. I want to be better able to persist in pursuing goals. 1 2 3 4 5

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