Relationship between Locus of Control and Moral Judgments among College Students

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 931-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taggart F. Frost ◽  
James M. Wilmesmeier
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Control Individual ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Moral Statement ◽  
Weak Relationship ◽  
Personal Accountability ◽  
The Individual

This research assessed the importance of locus of control in explaining the moral judgments people make with reference to moral situations. It was hypothesized that an individual whose locus of control was internal, when presented with moral situations, would make different moral judgments with regards to “right” and “wrong” than an external locus of control individual. 185 college students completed a questionnaire consisting of Rotter's I-E Scale and the Rettig and Pasamanick moral judgment scale. A weak relationship between locus of control and moral judgments was noted. Those moral statements for which locus of control appears relevant have four common characteristics: (1) the student can personally relate to the moral statement, (2) the moral statement contains personal accountability, (3) the immediacy of the moral situation, i.e., whether the individual is directly experiencing or being exposed to the moral situation described in the statement is relevant, and (4) no consensus of society on the Tightness or wrongness of the action is apparent.

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.

Locus of Control and the Fundamental Dimensions of Moods

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1335-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather N. Henson ◽  
Edward C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
External Locus Of Control

The present study examined the association between locus of control and positive and negative moods in 253 college students. Using the PANAS-X, designed by Watson and Clark, individuals scoring high on internal locus of control also scored higher across different dimensions of positive mood. Conversely, individuals scoring high on external locus of control had higher scores across different dimensions of negative mood.

Relationship between Locus of Control and Irrational Beliefs

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip G. Wright ◽  
R. O. Pihl
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Irrational Belief ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Irrational Thinking ◽  
External Locus Of Control

College students (40 male and 40 female) were administered Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) Scale and the Irrational Beliefs Test. A significant correlation of .41 was found indicating a moderately strong relationship between externality and extent of irrational thinking. Five of 10 irrational belief scales, Demand for approval, Frustration reactive, Anxious overconcern, Dependency, and Helplessness, were also significantly positively correlated with extetnality ( rs ranging from .22 to .40). The results were interpreted as reinforcing an association between externality and maladjustment.

Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Locus of Control

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1282-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
External Locus ◽  
School Students ◽  
External Locus Of Control

In 97 high school students, lower external locus of control scores were associated weakly with suicidal preoccupation, in contrast to the results of an earlier study of college students.

scholarly journals The Effect of Marital Locus of Control on Marital Adjustment of Couples

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Javnika Sheth
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Negative Reinforcement ◽  
The Other ◽  
External Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
The Individual

Internal control refers to the perception of an event as contingent upon one’s own behavior, capacities or one’s relatively permanent characteristics. External control, on the other hand, indicates that a positive or negative reinforcement following some action of the individual is perceived as not being entirely contingent upon his or her own action but the result of chance, fate, or luck or it may be perceived as under the control of powerful others and unpredictable because of the complexity of forces surrounding the individual (Anastasi, 1988). If we believe that we are the cause of most events, we have a highly internal locus of control. If we believe that most events in our life are caused by luck, fate or powerful others, we have a highly external locus of control. (Morgan et.al.1986).

Belief in Paranormal Phenomena and An External Locus of Control

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi Allen ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
External Locus Of Control

In a sample of 51 college students, beliefs in paranormal phenomena were associated with scores on a measure of belief in an external locus of control.

scholarly journals Pathological Personality Traits and Utilitarian Moral Judgments

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Avi Besser ◽  
Sinead Cronin ◽  
Jennifer K. Vrabel
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Pathological Personality Traits

Recent research has highlighted important individual differences in moral judgment. The present study extends these findings by examining the associations between pathological personality traits and utilitarian moral judgments. This was accomplished by asking 2,121 Israeli community members to complete self-report measures concerning their pathological personality traits and evaluate the acceptability of utilitarian moral judgments in various sacrificial dilemmas (is it acceptable to intentionally kill one person in order to save several other people?). The results showed that the pathological personality traits of antagonism and disinhibition were positively associated with the endorsement of personal utilitarian moral judgments (i.e., those decisions requiring the individual to directly inflict harm on the would-be sacrificed individual), whereas negative affectivity was negatively associated with personal utilitarian moral judgments. Antagonism was the only pathological personality trait associated with impersonal utilitarian moral judgments (i.e., those decisions that did not require the individual to directly inflict harm on the would-be sacrificed individual). Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for understanding the associations between pathological personality traits and moral judgments.

Internal-External Scores and Success on an ESP Task

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arline L. Bronzaft
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Better Than

In an investigation of the relationship between Internal-External locus of control and success on an ESP task, 96 college students were given a shortened version of Rotter's I-E Control Scale and a task designed to measure ESP ability. As hypothesized, externals did better than internals on the ESP task.

scholarly journals Locus of Control and College Students’ Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Drugs

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Relationship

Past studies have shown that an external locus of control (LOC) is associated with health-threatening behaviors, such as the use of alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, Results of research on the relationship between perceived control and substance use in high school and college students have been mixed and inconclusive. 32 male and 98 females undergraduates, ages 17-25, who volunteered (with informed consent) to take part in the study were given the Dimension (Physical, Psychological, Social, Moral) X Outcome LOC Inventory and a questionnaire assessing use of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs and demographic information. Results indicated that 84% of the participants reported use of alcohol, 22% cigarettes and 17% drugs. No differential effects were found for cigarette or drug use. There were significant positive relationships between alcohol use and Physical and Psychological LOC, especially for males. Heavier alcohol use was associated with a more external LOC. There were no significant differential effects for participants over the legal age limit. (>21) For “underage” participants, there was a significant positive relationship between alcohol use and Psychological LOC. Demographically, a higher Economic level was associated with heavier alcohol use for males, females and underage participants. For participants >21, a strong religious belief was associated with less use of alcohol. Past inconsistent findings can be attributed to differences in substance in question, gender, demographics (age, economic level and strength of religious belief) and the measure and dimension of perceived control.

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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