scholarly journals The Dark Core of personality: Individual’s expression of locus of control and spirituality

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-481
Author(s):  
Bruno Bonfá-Araujo ◽  
Ariela Raissa Lima-Costa ◽  
Leila Maria Ferreira Couto ◽  
Makilim Nunes Baptista ◽  
Nelson Hauck-Filho
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Spiritual Coping ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Path Analysis Model ◽  
Dark Core

Dark personality traits are amongst the most popular research topics recently. In 2018 the Dark Core of personality was proposed as a common core to capture all aversive subclinical manifestations. In this study, we aimed at investigating how individuals with high scores on the Dark Core perceive control (i.e., internally or externally) and express their spirituality. Participants were 614 adults, mostly females (85.17%), aged from 18 to 73 years-old (M = 36.00; SD = 12.26), and identified themselves as agnostics (22.63%) or Catholics (19.05%). Participants responded to a measure that assessed the Dark Core of personality (D35), the Locus of Control Scale (ELOCUS), and the WHOQOL-spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs (WHOQOL-SRPB). We used a path analysis model to estimate their connection. Results indicated that the Dark Core better predicts external locus of control, which respectively predicts connect, strength, and faith, which can be considered as spiritual coping strategies. We concluded that men and women tend to blame external forces when things do not go their way and use personal beliefs to relieve emotional distress.

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.

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. 

Relationship of Cognitive Style to Locus of Control

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 553-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter G. McIntire ◽  
Albert S. Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Independence Model ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

The extent to which the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control model and the Witkin Field Dependence-Field Independence model were concerned with the same psychological dimensions was examined. Correlations between the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the Group Embedded-figures Test of .102 for 80 males and −.001 for 99 females were found. It was concluded that these are independent psychological constructs.

Internal-External Locus of Control and Verbal Fluency

1969 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Brecher ◽  
Florence L. Denmark
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Word Fluency ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Order Variable ◽  
The Mean ◽  
External Locus Of Control

84 female Ss were given the I-E Control Scale and a modified form of Thurstone's word fluency (W) test in counterbalanced order. Ss were classified as “Internals” or “Externals” by division at the median. As hypothesized, the mean fluency scores of Internals were significantly higher than those of Externals for each minute of work. Neither the order variable nor any of the interactions were significant.

Locus of Control and Attitudes toward Large Carnivores

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tore Bjerke ◽  
Joar Vittersø ◽  
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Large Carnivores ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
External Forces

It has been hypothesized that the negative attitudes toward carnivores found among rural groups is only one element embedded in a larger sociopolitical complex of disputes over resource use and rural development. Negative attitudes may reflect a protest against increased control of land use by central political authorities. In a survey among sheep farmers, wildlife managers, and research biologists in Norway we found that the sheep farmers expressed an external locus of control, indicating a belief that external forces control events, relative to the two other groups. Among sheep farmers and research biologists a positive association was found between an external locus of control and negative attitudes toward large carnivores.

Self-Statements, Locus of Control, and Depression in Predicting Self-Esteem

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 1007-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent D. Philpot ◽  
W. Bruce Holliman ◽  
Stephen Madonna
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Automatic Thought ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

The contributions of frequency of positive and negative self-statements and their ratio, locus of control, and depression in prediction of self-esteem were examined. Volunteers were 145 college students (100 women and 45 men) who were administered the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory-Adult Form, Automatic Thought Questionnaire—Revised, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. Intercorrelations suggested significant relationships among variables. The magnitude of the relationship was strongest between the frequency of negative self-statements and self-esteem. These results are consistent with and lend further support to prior studies of Kendall, et al. and Schwartz and Michaelson.

Specific versus Generalized Locus of Control Scales Related to Job Satisfaction

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Normand Pettersen
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Work Context ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Job Descriptive Index ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
Scale Data ◽  
Specific Scale

This study compared, in the area of job satisfaction, scores on Rotter's I-E scale and on a new internal-external locus of control scale designed specifically for the work context. The correlation of .39 with the Job Descriptive Index arrived at by using the specific scale is significantly higher than the correlation of —.16 obtained with the Rotter scale. Data suggest this new scale could be useful.

The Free State Floods: A Case Study

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linde Burger ◽  
Fred van Staden ◽  
Johan Nieuwoudt
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Male Subjects

This is an exploratory study of the stress experiences of 20 flood victims in the Bloemfontein area. Measures consisted of demographic variables, Rotter's Locus of Control scale, Horowitz's Impact of Event scale and unstructured interviews. Whereas female subjects reported higher levels of stress than male subjects, no differences in the subjects' experiences of stress were found with regard to age, occupation or the measure of internal-external locus of control. In accordance with Lazarus's stress model, the interviews revealed that the subjects' initial reactions to the disaster (primary appraisals) included feelings of numbness, despondency, helplessness and reduced control over their circumstances. With regard to secondary appraisals the subjects reported having employed a number of successful as well as inadequate coping strategies. Sex differences occurred especially with regard to the subjects' accounts of primary appraisals and their use of external (outwardly directed) coping strategies.

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