This measure is designed to support a brief clinical impression of a child’s perceived self-regulatory style, with attention to autonomy and reliance on external guidance. The Child Subjective Self-Regulation Typology is administered in about 3 minutes and includes 15 items.
Items typically involve developmentally appropriate prompts intended to elicit the child’s subjective preferences and self-management tendencies. Results are used to inform hypothesis generation about self-regulation in everyday contexts (e.g., decision-making, emotional control, behavioral inhibition) and to guide follow-up assessment or intervention planning as indicated. The Child Subjective Self-Regulation Typology is attributed to Roy F. Baumeister, Michael F. Scheier, and Charles S. Carver.