Assessing self-regulation strategies: development and validation of the tempest self-regulation questionnaire for eating (TESQ-E) in adolescents

Table 6 Correlations between TESQ-E subscales and general indicators of self-regulation (Study 4, n = 93)

TESQ-E	Self-control		Delay of gratification^a		Short-term self-regulation		Long-term self-regulation		Autonomous motivation		Controlled motivation		Agentic autonomy		Self-presentational autonomy
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Avoidance	.09	.41	.15	.15	.09	.42	.13	.22	.34	.001	.43	<.001	.27	.009	-.21	.047
Controlling temptations	.30	.004	.13	.22	.20	.06	.27	.01	.45	<.001	.39	<.001	.28	.008	-.12	.26
Distraction	.21	.047	-.01	.93	.11	.29	.29	.005	.43	<.001	.46	<.001	.34	.001	.02	.82
Suppression	.09	.42	.14	.19	-.04	.72	.07	.53	.53	<.001	.58	<.001	.34	.001	-.02	.84
Goal setting	.17	.10	.25	.02	.12	.26	.25	.02	.67	<.001	.53	<.001	.35	.001	-.02	.84
Goal deliberation	.18	.08	.21	.05	.02	.83	.16	.12	.58	<.001	.55	<.001	.35	.001	-.14	.19
Addressing temptations directly	.21	.04	.15	.16	.16	.13	.22	.03	.44	<.001	.46	<.001	.31	.003	-.19	.08
Addressing meaning temptation	.16	.13	.07	.54	.04	.74	.19	.07	.54	<.001	.58	<.001	.37	<.001	.000	.996
Addressing the goal directly	.19	.07	.24	.02	.07	.49	.22	.04	.67	<.001	.58	<.001	.38	<.001	-.09	.40
Self regulatory competence	.21	.048	.18	.09	.10	.36	.23	.03	.61	<.001	.60	<.001	.39	<.001	-.10	.34

^aBecause delay of gratification is a dichotomous measure, these correlations reflect Spearman’s rho. All other correlations are Pearson correlations.

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