Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Cancer Locus of Control Scale

2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 995-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica W. Henderson ◽  
Rebecca J. Donatelle ◽  
Alan C. Acock
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Validating Service Locus of Control Scale for Hotels in Sample of Indian Business Travelers

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Mohita Maggon ◽  
Harish Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Business Travelers ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Service Offering

The purpose of this study was to validate the service locus of control (SLOC) scale in the hospitality sector in India. This article validated the SLOC scale (Bradley & Sparks, 2002) with a sample of Indian business travelers. The study aimed at examining reliability and validity of the scale. The validation of the scale was done through confirmatory factor analysis and discriminant as well as convergent validity was observed. The scale was administered to a sample of 304 business travelers (males = 173, females = 131). Results showed that the scale had high reliability and acceptable construct validity among Indian business travelers. The study offers implications for marketers to effectively customize the service offering by understanding the importance of locus of control in service settings. This is the first study to validate the SLOC scale among Indian business travelers. Besides, this is the first study to implement this scale in the hospitality sector.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Revised Causal Dimension Scale: A Nepalese Investigation

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
John Sachs ◽  
Murari Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
External Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Causal Dimension

The Causal Dimension Scale-II is conceptually important for research on attributions as it taps directly the subjects' own views of the dimensions underlying their causal ascriptions. However, this research based on the responses of 120 Nepalese tertiary students to the Causal Dimension Scale-II for both success and failure outcomes indicates that the internal consistency reliability of the External Control scale is of doubtful adequacy and that the best fit model for success outcomes combines the Locus and Personal Control scales while no adequate fit was found for failure outcomes. It is possible that these latter findings may be due to cultural differences in causal attributions rather than a deficiency in the scale's structure.

An Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Affective Control Scale in an Undergraduate Sample

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Melka ◽  
Steven L. Lancaster ◽  
Andrew R. Bryant ◽  
Benjamin F. Rodriguez ◽  
Rebecca Weston
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Affective Control Scale

scholarly journals The comparability of the construct validity of Schepers’ locus of control inventory for first and second language respondents

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Berg ◽  
Michiel Buys ◽  
Pieter Shaap ◽  
Chantal Olckers
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Group ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The study investigated the construct validity of the Locus of Control Inventory (LCI) for first and second language respondents. The results of confirmatory factor analysis revealed differences in the construct validity of the LCI for the first language (n=357) and second language (n=387) respondents. Item discrimination values, scale reliabilities and factor structures revealed that the three hypothesized domains, (namely external locus of control, internal locus of control and autonomy) underlying the LCI could be confirmed for the first language group, but not for the second language group. Opsomming Die studie het die konstrukgeldigheid van die Lokus van Beheer Vraelys (LBV) vir eerste en tweede taal respondente ondersoek. Die resultate van ‘n bevestigende faktorontleding het verskille in die konstrukgeldigheid van die LBV vir eerste (N=357) en tweede taal (N=387) respondente blootgelê. Itemdiskriminasie waardes, skaalbetroubaarhede en faktorstrukture het onthul dat die drie hipotetiese gebiede, (naamlik eksterne lokus van beheer, interne lokus van beheer en outonomie) wat onderliggend is aan die LBV, bevestig word vir die eerste taal groep maar nie vir die tweede taal groep nie.

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