The Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ)
Self-regulation is the ability to develop, implement, and flexibly maintain planned behavior in order to achieve one's goals. Building on the foundational work of Frederick Kanfer (Kanfer, 1970a, 1970b), Miller and Brown formulated a seven-step model of self-regulation (Brown, 1998) (Miller & Brown, 1991). In this model, behavioral self-regulation may falter because of failure or deficits at any of these seven steps:
1. Receiving relevant information
2. Evaluating the information and comparing it to norms
3. Triggering change
4. Searching for options
5. Formulating a plan
6. Implementing the plan
7. Assessing the plan's effectiveness (which recycles to steps 1 and 2)
Although this model was developed …show more content…
We did not know whether people could reliably and accurately report their own self-regulatory capabilities. Items were developed to mark each of the seven subBprocesses of the Miller and Brown (1991) model, forming seven rationally-derived subscales of the SRQ. Subsequent analyses of the instrument have suggested that the scale contains one principal component, rather than specific factors corresponding to the rational subscales. If this is confirmed in further studies, the SRQ could be reduced to a short form that would reliably measure the underlying principal …show more content…
In our community sample (Aubrey et al., 1994), SRQ score was significantly and inversely correlated with volume of alcohol consumption per occasion (r = -.23, p = .04) and with negative consequences of drinking (r = -.46, p < .0001). That is, people with lower scores on the SRQ were more likely to be heavy and problem drinkers. The SRQ also significantly discriminated individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence (N = 32; lowest scores) from heavy drinkers not seeking treatment (N = 29; intermediate scores) and people without alcohol problems (N = 22; highest SRQ scores).
In a clinical study with alcohol-dependent inpatients (Brown, 1994), individuals with lower SRQ scores showed more evidence of frontal impairment on neuropsychological measures, more alcohol-related consequences, fewer abstinent days, and a higher percentage of heavy drinking days. SRQ scores have also been found to be related to impulsivity (Patock-
Peckham, Cheong, Balhorn, & Nagoshi, 2001).
In a sample of 300 college students (Brown, Baumann, Smith, & Etheridge, 1997),
Self-regulation is the ability to develop, implement, and flexibly maintain planned behavior in order to achieve one's goals. Building on the foundational work of Frederick Kanfer (Kanfer, 1970a, 1970b), Miller and Brown formulated a seven-step model of self-regulation (Brown, 1998) (Miller & Brown, 1991). In this model, behavioral self-regulation may falter because of failure or deficits at any of these seven steps:
1. Receiving relevant information
2. Evaluating the information and comparing it to norms
3. Triggering change
4. Searching for options
5. Formulating a plan
6. Implementing the plan
7. Assessing the plan's effectiveness (which recycles to steps 1 and 2)
Although this model was developed …show more content…
We did not know whether people could reliably and accurately report their own self-regulatory capabilities. Items were developed to mark each of the seven subBprocesses of the Miller and Brown (1991) model, forming seven rationally-derived subscales of the SRQ. Subsequent analyses of the instrument have suggested that the scale contains one principal component, rather than specific factors corresponding to the rational subscales. If this is confirmed in further studies, the SRQ could be reduced to a short form that would reliably measure the underlying principal …show more content…
In our community sample (Aubrey et al., 1994), SRQ score was significantly and inversely correlated with volume of alcohol consumption per occasion (r = -.23, p = .04) and with negative consequences of drinking (r = -.46, p < .0001). That is, people with lower scores on the SRQ were more likely to be heavy and problem drinkers. The SRQ also significantly discriminated individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence (N = 32; lowest scores) from heavy drinkers not seeking treatment (N = 29; intermediate scores) and people without alcohol problems (N = 22; highest SRQ scores).
In a clinical study with alcohol-dependent inpatients (Brown, 1994), individuals with lower SRQ scores showed more evidence of frontal impairment on neuropsychological measures, more alcohol-related consequences, fewer abstinent days, and a higher percentage of heavy drinking days. SRQ scores have also been found to be related to impulsivity (Patock-
Peckham, Cheong, Balhorn, & Nagoshi, 2001).
In a sample of 300 college students (Brown, Baumann, Smith, & Etheridge, 1997),