Using Locus of Control to Improve Self-Determination and Outcomes for Consumers with Learning Disabilities

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Consumer Empowerment ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Rehabilitation Plan ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control

Vocational rehabilitation, consumer empowerment, and self-determination are key factors in the underlying philosophy of rehabilitation today, and a major emphasis in the provision of rehabilitation services. Consumers with learning disabilities face several specific obstacles in achieving desired rehabilitation goals. In order to provide rehabilitation counselors with a unique resource to help their clients assume control of their own rehabilitation plan, social learning theory and locus of control are examined. Specifically, two locus of control instruments are suggested for use with rehabilitation consumers who have learning disabilities. One instrument, the Academic Locus of Control Scale (ALOC; Trice, 1985) is appropriate for college-bound individuals, and the Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (ANS-IE; Nowicki & Duke, 1982) is appropriate for non-college bound individuals. The purpose of this article is to provide the rehabilitation counselor with a tool that can help connect the consumer's control of their rehabilitation plan to their perceptions of everyday events. This tool may help stimulate and maintain an internal locus of control by challenging inaccurate perceptions of control consumers may have toward commonly occurring events.

scholarly journals Perbedaan Locus of Control ditinjau dari Perspektif Agama pada Siswa SMA

ANALITIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Eko Sujadi ◽  
Muhammad Odha Meditamar
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
Scale Data

Locus of control merupakan salah satu aspek psikologis yang ada pada diri manusia. Setiap individu memiliki perbedaan dalam locus of control. Perbedaan ini dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor, salah satunya adalah agama. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan locus of control penganut Agama Islam, Katolik dan Protestan, serta mengungkapkan perbedaan locus of control dari ketiga penganut agama tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode deskriptif dan komparatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan yakni random sampling dengan jumlah total 546 orang. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan anova satu arah. Temuan penelitian ini meliputi: 1) locus of control penganut agama Islam, Protestan dan Katolik berada pada kategori internal locus of control; dan 2) tidak ditemukan adanya perbedaan locus of control antara tiga penganut agama tersebut. Peneliti memberi saran kepada seluruh penganut agama di Indonesia bahwa penting untuk memiliki internal locus of control. Internal locus of control yang dimaksud yakni meyakini bahwa diri memiliki kapasitas dan kontribusi untuk menentukan kehidupan namun dengan tidak melepaskan kewajiban berketuhanan. 

scholarly journals In everlasting fight against academic procrastination: The roles of classroom engagement and internal locus of control

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 647
Author(s):  
Yen Ling Hui ◽  
Kususanto Ditto Prihadi ◽  
Najiya I. Arif ◽  
Sam X. Y. Yap ◽  
Melissa J. Chua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Private University ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Classroom Engagement ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mediator Variable

<p><span>This study aims to test the hypothesis that classroom engagement mediates the relationship between students’ internal locus of control and academic procrastination. As many as 302 students from a private university between 18 to 26 years of age were recruited to respond to Internal-External Locus of control Scale, Classroom Engagement Inventory, and Academic Procrastination scale. Bootstrapping analyses were conducted by utilizing PROCESS Macro model 4 in SPSS software, and the results showed that the mediator variable fully mediates the link between the predictor and outcome variables. In other words, the direct effect of internal locus of control on academic procrastination was no longer significant when controlling for classroom engagement. Further discussion, implications and suggestions were presented at the end of the article.</span></p>

Internal Locus of Control Scale

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent C. Miller ◽  
Bruce H. Monson ◽  
Maria C. Norton
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control

Accident Locus of Control and Risk Taking among Forestry and Construction Workers

1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 852-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simo Salminen ◽  
Tapio Klen
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Forestry Workers ◽  
External Locus Of Control

228 forestry and 45 construction workers completed the Accident Locus of Control scale which is a modified version of the Health Locus of Control inventory. The forestry workers scored as having a more external locus of control than the construction workers. In both professional groups the subjects with higher scores on external locus of control tended to take more risks than the subjects with higher scores on internal locus of control. The results support a dual-dimensional view of control rather than a unidimensional view.

Academic Locus of Control, Type A Behavior, and College Absenteeism

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashton D. Trice ◽  
Lucianne Hackburt
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control

Responses from 40 women and 56 men to the Academic Locus of Control Scale and the Framingham Type A Scale were unrelated to each other but correlated .49 and .55 and −.32 and −.37, respectively, with absences from class. Elimination of illness-related absences raised the correlations.

Differential Effects of Counselling and Operant Conditioning Interventions upon Children's Locus of Reinforcement Control Beliefs

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Charlton
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Operant Conditioning ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Before And After

The differential effects were examined of counselling and operant conditioning interventions upon locus of control beliefs of 173 pupils in Grade 6, as measured by the abbreviated Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale both before and after an 11-wk. intervention. Whilst both interventions effected significant increases in pupils' internal locus of control beliefs, stronger effects followed counselling.

Academic Locus of Control of University Students: A Caribbean Case Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1388-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur G. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Older Students ◽  
The West ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control ◽  
The University

The Academic Locus of Control Scale was administered to 1089 students (500 males and 589 females) from The University of the West Indies. Statistically significant differences were noted by age (18 to 40 years), with older students scoring more internal, and also by faculty, with students in the Faculty of Arts scoring more internal than peers in other faculties of the university.

scholarly journals Locus of Control and Entrepreneurship in the Russian Republic

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Kaufmann ◽  
Dianne H. B. Welsh ◽  
Nicholas V. Bushmarin
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Perception Of Control

An internal locus of control has been linked empirically to entrepreneurial activity. In changing to a market economy, therefore, the Russian Republic may face hidden psychological barriers if 70 years of a closely managed economy has Induced a perception of control located In powerful others rather than oneself. Levenson's (three-dimensional) locus of control scale Is administered In the former Soviet Union and the results compared to baseline data across various countries and cultures. The findings Indicate that when compared to most countries, the Russian respondents did possess lower Internal locus of control scores and In some Instances higher powerful other scores.

scholarly journals Meditation and Locus of Control in Relation to Altitude

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Capt(ex) Deepika Chamoli ◽  
Dr Rita Kumar ◽  
Prof. (Dr.) Abha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Creative Art ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Altitudes

The present study analyses the effect of meditation on locus of control of two groups(regular practitioners of meditation and non meditators) at two different altitudes (2535ft and 13500ft above sea level). The two groups comprised of Buddhist monks/Regular practitioners of meditation) and some locals in Yol Cantt (2535ft) and Lamayuru (13500ft). In the study it has been hypothesized that group one (Buddhist monks/Regular practitioners of meditation) at both the altitudes are inclined towards internal locus of control (internalism) whereas the second group is more inclined towards external locus of control (externalism). Total 100 individuals, 25 monks and 25 laymen from both areas were assessed by administering Rotter’s locus of control scale. Self-reported responses of the subjects were recorded, scored and subjected to ‘t’test analysis. It was established that group practicing regular meditation (monks) is more inclined towards internal locus of control. The study has suggested that the individual practicing meditation at both the altitudes have more inclination towards internal locus of control and non regular practitioner have also shown inclination towards internal locus of control at higher altitude. Subjects who are following some religious practices, creative art etc. also have more of internalism. Internalism is also more prevalent in high altitude.

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