Social Desirability Scale Values of Locus of Control Scale Items

1976 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel M. Kestenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Control Scale

Effects of Gender, Age, Locus of Control, and Self-Esteem on Estimates of College Grades

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn A. Borges ◽  
Anne Roth ◽  
George T. Nichols ◽  
Barbara S. Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
College Grades

Test scores of four age-groups (<19, 20—24, 25—34, 35+ yr.) of students ( N = 169) on the Rotter I-E Locus of Control Scale, Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale were correlated with the students' accuracy in estimating their final course grades. Analysis showed that a combination of either high school self-esteem and internal control (females, 35+ yr. of age) or low school self-esteem and an external locus of control (18- and 19-yr.-old males) were associated with similar unrealistic estimates of classroom grades.

Social Desirability as a Variable in the Locus of Control Scale

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry A. Hjelle
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Present Series ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Response Preference ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sizeable Number

The present series of studies based on Ss in Catholic institutions attempted to explore several related questions concerning the social-desirability variable in the Internal-External Locus of Control scale (I-E). Results of Study I indicated that a majority of the I-E items have probability of endorsement values which depart significantly from a hypothetical value of P = .50, both for standard instruction and social-desirability instruction conditions. Study II demonstrated a small relationship between S's I-E score and S's tendency to agree with I-E items of high response-preference value ( r = .20). This relationship was especially obvious for those Ss designated as internally controlled. In Study III a significant relationship was shown between the social-desirability scale values for I-E items and the probability of I-E item endorsements ( r = .43). Moreover, a sizeable number of internal items were rated as significantly more socially desirable than the corresponding external items. It was suggested that the I-E scale may be contaminated by social desirability and that consequently the validity of the scale as a measure of locus of control is questionable.

Social Desirability in Rotter's Locus of Control Scale

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1124-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy E. Vuchinich ◽  
Barry A. Bass
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Scale Score ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The Relationship

Although significant correlations were obtained between the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale and Rotter's scale, the relationship was not consistent throughout the range of Locus of Control scale scores. Significant differences were found among Marlowe-Crowne scores when separated according to high, low, or medium Locus of Control scale score subgroups.

Personal Beliefs, Information Availability, and Judgments of Academic Success

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Morrison ◽  
Randall L. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Information Availability ◽  
Need For Approval ◽  
Grade Average

To assess the effects of personal beliefs and information availability on judgments of academic success, 86 college students either predicted before an examination or estimated after the examination the grade they would receive. Consistent with hypotheses, students with high self-esteem and high school self-esteem on the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory predicted higher grades compared to their prior grade average in the course than did students with low self-esteem. There were no differences for estimates. Contrary to hypothesis, the same results were obtained for students with high need for approval on the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Also contrary to hypothesis, students with external locus of control on the Rotter Locus of Control Scale were more accurate than internals in estimating their grades.

Social Desirability Response Bias in Children's Locus of Control Reports

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 924-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward E. Will ◽  
Jo Ann Verdin
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Bivariate Regression

As part of a comprehensive evaluation of an in-school parenting education curriculum, 281 junior high school students in a major urban school district completed both the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children and the Crandall, Crandall, and Katkovsky Children's Social Desirability Questionnaire. Potential differences in influence of social-desirability response bias on the locus scores of students of differing race and sex were explored via zero-order correlations and bivariate regression. Although mean scores of black respondents were significantly higher than those of their white counterparts on measures of social-desirability response bias and external locus of control, Children's Social Desirability scores never accounted for more than 1% of the variance in the locus of control scores of any subgroup.

Locus of Control Scores: A Critical Note

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1117-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Loo
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
The Third ◽  
Critical Note

In view of the multidimensional nature of the construct of locus of control, of the measures of the construct, and of the equivocal findings reported in the literature, it is recommended that researchers consider at least three factors. Two involve the use of subscale or factor scores in addition to over-all scores from measures of locus of control and of other phenomena to which locus of control is hypothesized to relate. The third is the use of a social desirability scale to evaluate the effect, if any, of this dimension on a relationship under study.

An Academic Locus of Control Scale for College Students

1985 ◽  
Vol 61 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1043-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashton D. Trice
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Response Set ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
High Test

A 28-item true-false format test of beliefs in personal control over academic outcomes is described. The test has high test-retest reliability and scores significantly correlate with measures of generalized locus of control and achievement motivation. No social desirability response set was observed. The test was predictive of four out of five classroom achievement behaviors observed.

The Health Locus of Control Scale: Psychometric Properties

1985 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry B. Gutkin ◽  
Julene R. Robbins ◽  
Lester Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Structure Factor ◽  
Factor Score ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Scale

This study examined selected psychometric properties of the Health Locus of Control Scale (HLOC) (Wallston, Wallston, Kaplan, and Maides, 1976). Specifically, the HLOC factor structure, factor score reliabilities, and correlations with social desirability were investigated.

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