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The main aim of this study was to focus specifically on the area of self-care and identify dimensions of self-regulation within this context. In this study, self-care is conceptualized as a much broader phenomenon. Self-care contains a self-regulatory activating and inhibiting component. For this reason, we constructed and verified a new questionnaire for measuring self-regulation in the context of self-care named the Self-Care Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SCSRQ). Based on the factor analysis four factors were extracted: Personal growth, Healthy life style, Control over negative mood, Control over health risks. The results support a dual concept of self-regulation. The factor analysis also distinguished between self-care of health (factors Healthy life style and Control over health risks) and self-care of psychological well-being (factors Personal growth and Control over negative mood). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]