During adolescence, the difficulty to control impulses is especially notable. The Brief Self-Control Scale has been used in different countries for years to study associations between self-control and other variables. However, its factor structure is not completely clear, and it is necessary to have a scale with psychometric assurances that evaluates self-control in adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure of the Brief Self-Control Scale and to provide evidences of reliability, validity, and factor invariance across gender and age in a sample of Spanish adolescents. Participants were 693 adolescents from Southeastern Spain, aged 13 to 18 years. Data supported an excellent fit to a two-dimensional model and evidences of reliability, validity and factor invariance across gender and age were obtained. This study provides new data on the two-dimensionality of self-control. The need of this tool becomes increasingly relevant to the susceptibility of new emerging addictions, such as mobile phones or internet.

在青春期，控制冲动的困难尤为明显。Brief Self-Control Scale 多年来一直在不同国家使用，以研究自我控制与其他变量之间的关联。然而，其因素结构尚不完全清楚，需要有一个具有心理测量保证的量表来评估青少年的自我控制能力。本研究的目的是检查简要自我控制量表的因子结构，并提供西班牙青少年样本中跨性别和年龄的可靠性、有效性和因素不变性的证据。参与者是来自西班牙东南部的 693 名青少年，年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间。数据支持二维模型的极好拟合，并获得了跨性别和年龄的可靠性、有效性和因素不变性的证据。这项研究为自我控制的二维性提供了新的数据。对这种工具的需求变得越来越与新兴成瘾（例如手机或互联网）的易感性相关。