The Health Student Academic Locus of Control Scale

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 994-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Eachus ◽  
Simon Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
External Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Specific Scale

The Health Student Academic Locus of Contro] Scale is a 20-item context-specific scale, developed to measure Internal and External control beliefs of students in courses allied to medicine. Psychometric properties are acceptable ( N = 164) so the scale can be used to measure control beliefs in a longitudinal study.

Prisoners and Locus of Control: Initial Assessments of a Specific Scale

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Control Measure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Prison Environment ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Specific Scale

The relatively few studies conducted with prisoners' locus of control suggest an important relationship between locus of control and prisoners' adjustment. However, one obstacle to further development of this knowledge is lack of appropriate measurement. This paper is an account of initial assessments conducted with a locus of control measure specific to the prison environment. All tests support the reliability and validity of the scale. Results of the assessments also indicate changes which should be made to improve the psychometric properties of the scale. Further assessments will need to be conducted after the instrument is revised. Use of the Prison Locus of Control scale should facilitate and lend accuracy to research with prisoners. The scale items are provided.

Measuring Locus of Control in a Hospital Setting

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciporah S. Tadmor ◽  
John E. Hofman
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
External Control ◽  
Hospital Personnel ◽  
Control Test ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Perceived Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Further Development

A 6-item health locus-of-control scale was freely adapted from the well known Rotter scale of perceived locus of control to differentiate between individuals who believe that even in a hospital setting they exercise some control over decisions affecting their health and those who look for medical caregivers, doctors, nurses, and technicians to assume external control. Test-retest reliability of the measure developed was 0.81, as obtained from 26 hospital personnel. It was hypothesized that individuals higher in hospital status would be more internally oriented on the measure, i.e., physicians and nurses, than individuals lower in status, such as patients. Confirmation of the hypothesis lent construct validity to the measure and opened the way for its use and further development.

Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Health Locus of Control Scale

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Paine ◽  
Luiz Pasquali ◽  
Eduardo de São Paulo ◽  
Ana Lúcia P. Bianchi ◽  
Andrea C. Solha
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Multidimensional Health

Based on social learning theory, the construct of health locus of control has proven valuable in predicting a wide variety of health-related behaviors. In studying this concept among Brazilians, the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale translated into Brazilian Portuguese were investigated in a sample of 280 middle-class persons. Three types of health locus of control were verified, internal, powerful others, and chance. Further refinement of subscales is needed to improve internal consistency reliabilities.

Age Differences in Locus of Control and Self-Monitoring in China

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1089-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
External Control ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Monitoring

Locus of control and self-monitoring were measured in three age groups in Changchun, northeastern China: 164 junior high school students (12–15 yr.), 121 college students (16–26 yr.), and 46 adults (29–57 yr.). Analysis indicated that adults and college students scored higher on locus of control ( Ms = 10.0 and 9.2, scores indicating the number of external control beliefs affirmed) than high school students ( M = 6.1) and that adults scored lower on self-monitoring ( M = 8.7) than college and high school students ( Ms = 11.6 and 10.6). Such differences seem attributable to the interaction between individual development and some societal factors that are believed to foster external control beliefs and propensity to self-monitoring.

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.

Self-Concept and Locus of Control in Primary-Grade Children Identified as Requiring Special Educational Programing

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Tolor ◽  
Belle Tolor ◽  
Shirley S. Blumin
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
External Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Matched Group

A group of 28 children from kindergarten through Grade 4, presenting a variety of learning-related problems, were compared with a matched group of 28 control children on the Revised Self-appraisal Inventory and on the Preschool and Primary Internal-External Control Scale. It was hypothesized that the problem children relative to the controls would exhibit less positive self-concepts and have a more external generalized expectancy for control of reinforcement. The expectation was supported for the self-concept measure but not for the measure of locus of control. It was concluded that the Self-appraisal Inventory is a useful measure for assessing self-concepts of children who are being considered for placement in special educational programs and might be helpful in evaluation of these programs.

Increase in External Control Belief in the Italian Population

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Nigro
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
External Control ◽  
Control Belief ◽  
Italian Population ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Over Time

Several studies were conducted during the period 1978–1983 to ascertain whether there has been, in recent years, change among Italian undergraduates in perceived control. Six samples of Italian undergraduates completed the Italian version of the Rotter locus of control scale. In 1983 I-E scores, for men as well as for women, were significantly higher than those obtained in 1978. Over time there has been a moderate but gradual shift within the population toward a more external locus of control. Moderate but significant sex differences were found for each sample. Findings suggested that the increase in external control is influenced by realistic considerations. Further implications of the finding were discussed.

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