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Higher Order Factor Structure of a Self-control Test: Evidence from Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Polychoric Correlations

Studied the higher order factor structure of a self-control test developed by H. Grasmick and others (1993). Results for 1,966 eighth and ninth graders show that the self-control test may provide more valid measurement of the constructs it was designed to measure than previous research suggested.

Higher Order Factor Structure of a Self-control Test: Evidence from Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Polychoric Correlations’, and DavidB.Flora, EliJ.Finkel and VangieA.FosheeEducational and Psychological Measurement, 63 (1) (2003): 112–127. Published by SAGE Publications, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
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