Development of a Depression Locus of Control Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Whitman ◽  
Sharon M. Desmond ◽  
James H. Price
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Validity Criterion

A 12-item Depression Locus of Control Scale was given to 117 white high school students. The scale has three subscales, internal (4 items), chance (4 items), and powerful others (4 items). Reliability assessed by test-retest was .55 and Cronbach alphas were for the subscales listed above .63, .73, and .66, respectively. Content validity, criterion-related validity, construct validity, and discriminant validity were examined. Reading level was at the eighth grade. It is recommended that the more specific Depression Locus of Control Scale be used in studies of depression.

Development of a Heart Disease Locus of Control Scale

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle K. O'Connell ◽  
James H. Price
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Disease Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Health Fair ◽  
Validity Criterion

A 20-item Heart Disease Locus of Control Scale was given to 50 health fair attenders and 51 nonattenders. The scale has three subscales: internal (7 items), chance (8 items), and powerful others (5 items). Reliability assessed by test-retest was .83 and Cronbach alphas for the subscales were internal .83, chance .86, and powerful others .76. Validity was examined through content validity, criterion-related validity, construct validity, and discriminant validity. Reading was at the ninth grade. It is recommended that the more specific Heart Disease Scale be utilized when conducting studies of heart disease.

Construct Validity of Physical Self-Description Questionnaire Responses: Relations to External Criteria

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert W. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
A Priori ◽  
School Students ◽  
Endurance Strength ◽  
Validity Criterion ◽  
Sports And Exercise ◽  
Highly Correlated

The Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) is a multidimensional physical self-concept instrument with 11 scales: Strength, Body Fat, Activity, Endurance/Fitness, Sports Competence, Coordination, Health, Appearance, Flexibility, Global Physical, and Global Esteem. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the construct validity of PSDQ responses in relation to 23 external criteria, including measures of body composition, physical activity, endurance, strength, and flexibility for 192 (113 boys and 79 girls) high school students. Each external validity criterion was predicted a priori to be most highly correlated with one of the PSDQ scales. In support of the convergent validity of the PSDQ responses, every predicted correlation was statistically significant. In support of the discriminant validity of the PSDQ responses, most predicted correlations were larger than other correlations involving the same criterion. These results support the construct validity of PSDQ responses in relation to external criteria and their potential usefulness in a wide variety of sports and exercise settings.

Vocational Interests of Adolescents: Relationships between Self-Esteem and Locus of Control

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1363-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann K. Mullis ◽  
Ronald L. Mullis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
External Locus ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Interest Inventory ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among scores on vocational interests, self-esteem, and locus of control for high school students. Grade and sex differences were also examined. 1364 high school students ranging in age from 14 to 19 years of age were administered the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory, Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children, and the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. High school students with higher scores on self-esteem and showing an orientation toward internal locus of control expressed more interests in a variety of vocational themes than adolescents with lower scores on self-esteem and scores for external locus of control. Sex and grade differences in vocational interests of adolescents were also noted. The findings were discussed in light of theoretical and practical considerations.

scholarly journals Developing an instrument for measuring the spiritual attitude of high school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa'at Ariful Hudha ◽  
Djemari Mardapi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Variance ◽  
Instrument Reliability ◽  
Spiritual Attitude

Attitudinal competence is one the most fundamental concepts in social psychology. It is related to personal identity, moral, and ethics that gains popularity and becomes important in educational development. This research aims to develop an instrument to measure the spiritual attitude of high school students. The study was a research and development study consisting of four stages: (a) determining conceptual definition, (b) determining operational definition, (c) drawing indicators, and (d) constructing instrument. The quantitative data analysis was used to test the construct validity through Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the coefficient of construct reliability was used to estimate the instrument reliability. The results of the study show that: (1) the instrument to measure Moslems’ spiritual attitude is an inventory model of summated rating scale containing 35 items; (2) the construct validity was proven by the value of the standardized loading factor and considered as significant. The instrument reliability regarded as the construct reliability coefficient is 0.890 and the average variance extracted is 0.542; (3) the construct of the instrument produces a fit statistical evidence indicated by the Goodness of Fit Index = 0.91 (≥0.90), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.032 (≤0.08). The results indicate that the construct of the measurement is suitable with the data. In addition, this research has confirmed that the spiritual attitude of high school students is constructed by seven aspects, namely resignation (tawakal), sincerity (ikhlas), thankfulness (syukur), patience (shabr), fear (khauf), hopefulness (raja’), and righteousness (takwa).

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.

Cognitive and emotional determinants for destructive coping strategies by junior high school students in a social conflict situation

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48
Author(s):  
Danuta Borecka-Biernat
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Evaluation

Abstract My research purpose was to evaluate the contribution of self-evaluation, the locus of control and emotions in generating destructive coping strategies by junior high school students in a social conflict situation. I used the proprietary questionnaire to test adolescents’ coping strategies (KSMK), Self-evaluation Scale (SES) by M. Rosenberg, the Locus of Control Questionnaire (KBPK) by G. Krasowicz and A. Kurzyp-Wojnarska, and the Three-Factor Inventory of Personality States and Traits (TISCO) by C. Spielberger and K. Wrześniewski. Empirical studies were carried out in junior high schools in Wroclaw and the surrounding area. They involved 893 adolescents (468 girls and 425 boys) aged 13‒15. I stated in my research that low self-evaluation of a young man’s abilities, a strong conviction about the impact others have on positive or negative consequences of events and reacting with fear and anger co-exists with destructive adolescent coping strategies.

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.

Hostile Press and Internal versus External Standards of Success and Failure

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Teevan ◽  
Robert I. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
External Locus ◽  
School Students ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
Male University Students ◽  
True False

44 male university students were administered a 12-item true-false questionnaire to determine whether they conceptualized success and failure in terms of internal or external locus of control. They were also administered a measure of fear of failure (the Hostile Press measure). It was predicted that persons high on Hostile Press would be higher on external locus of control than the lows. The prediction was borne out. This study has been repeated twice, once with high school students, and the results have been equivalent.

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