Created on : 12.10.2026 Last modified : 12.10.2026

Youth Well-Being: Strengthening mental health and human capital in a social programme for vulnerable young people in Colombia

Colombia, 2025 - 2026

Reference ID

10.16909-dataset-67

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16909/dataset/67

Producer(s)

Mauricio Avendano, Martha Escobar Lux, Fabio Idrobo Bonilla, Armando N. Meier, Omar Y. Vargas Rodriguez

Collections

Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Self-control: Brief Self-control scale - I have a hard time breaking bad habit. (bscs2)

Data file: Individual-level surveys dataset

Overview

Valid: 35061

Invalid: 40935

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please indicate how much each of the following statements reflects how you typically are.
Bscs2_1. I have a hard time breaking bad habit.

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not at all	5430	15.5%
1	Slightly	10926	31.2%
2	Moderately	11076	31.6%
3	Much	5728	16.3%
4	Very much	1901	5.4%

Others

Notes

Topic: Standardised instrument : BSCS

Asked in survey wave(s): Baseline survey, Follow-up 1 survey, Follow-up 2 survey

Reference/note: Original instrument: Tangney JP, Baumeister RF, Boone AL (2004). High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. J Pers 72(2):271–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00263.x
Colombian validation: Rendón MI, Muñoz L, Jaramillo JM, Weis M (2021). Factor structure of the Brief Self-Control Scale in Spanish. Diversitas: Perspectivas en Psicología 17(1):3–20. https://doi.org/10.15332/22563067.6519

Study description in PDF

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