A New Method for Assessing Mental Regulation - the Questionnaire "Behavioral Control"

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Abstract

The article is described a new method for assessing the regulation of behavior — the questionnaire "Behavioral Control". The behavioral control within the framework of the system-subject approach is considered as a united regulatory system, including three subsystems of regulation, which are based on the resources of individuality and are integrated, creating an individual pattern of self-regulation. The questionnaire contains 27 questions and allows to evaluate three components of behavioral control: cognitive, emotional and volitional control, as well as the general level of behavioral control. The questionnaire was standardized on a sample of 689 people (aged 18-79 years). The questionnaire has good psychometric indicators (Cronbach's alpha 0.86 for the total score and 0.65-0.82 for individual scales). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the theoretical three-component model of behavior control. The questionnaire can be used in various types of research to solve diverse psychological tasks.

General Information

Keywords: behavioral control, cognitive control, emotional control, volitional control, questionnaire, validation, structural model

Journal rubric: Psychodiagnostics

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2023160111

Funding. The work was carried out according to the state assignment No. 0138-2022-0005 «Onto- and subjectogenesis of human mental development in different life situations».

Acknowledgements. The authors would like to thank Sabina Kitchenko, Nadezhda Los, Svetlana Yakushkina (GAUGN), Ildar Abitov (K(P)FU) and Pavel Safonov for their help in data collection, and Alexey Korneev (MGU) for his invaluable assistance in conducting the CFA.

Received: 08.10.2022

Accepted:

For citation: Sergienko E.A., Vilenskaya G.A., Vetrova I.I. A New Method for Assessing Mental Regulation - the Questionnaire "Behavioral Control". Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2023. Vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 182–200. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2023160111. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Elena A. Sergienko, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Principal researcher, Laboratory of Psychology of the development of the subject in normal and post-traumatic states, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4068-9116, e-mail: elenas13@mail.ru

Galina A. Vilenskaya, PhD in Psychology, Leading Researcher, Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-155X, e-mail: vga2001@mail.ru

Irina I. Vetrova, PhD in Psychology, Researcher at the Laboratory of Psychology of the Subject in Normal and Post-Traumatic States, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-5733, e-mail: stranavetra@gmail.com

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