The Predictive Power of Measures of Self-Regulation Skills Among Adults with Low Incomes

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine how measures of self-regulation skills relate to future outcomes. The results can inform researchers who work with employment programs on how to promote self-regulation skills or who plan to use measures of self-regulation skills in evaluations of employment programs. The study provides evidence on (1) how individual self-regulation measures relate to longer-term outcomes; (2) how using multiple self-regulation measures predicts longer-term outcomes compared to using individual measures; and (3) the extent to which using self-regulation measures can improve the prediction of longer-term outcomes above and beyond using only sociodemographic characteristics.