Table 1.

Factor Loadings for the Tagney et al. (2004) Self-regulation Measure

	Factor 1 General	Factor 2 Impulse
I am good at resisting temptation		.67
I have a hard time breaking bad habits	.45
I am lazy	.46
I say inappropriate things	.54
I do certain things that are bad for me, if they are fun	.51
I refuse things that are bad for me		.54
I wish I had more discipline	.42
People would say I have iron discipline		.64
Pleasure and fun sometimes keep me from getting work done	.59
I have trouble concentrating	.59
I am able to work effectively toward long-term goals		.49
Sometimes I can’t stop myself from doing something, even
if I know it’s wrong	.48
I often act without thinking through all the alternatives	.65
Eigenvalue	2.56	1.91
Percentage of Variance Explained	19.67	14.67

n=606