Autonomy of Classroom Belief Items in Rotter's Locus of Control Scale

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 834-834
Author(s):  
Charles O. Anazonwu
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Control Scale

The independence of three paired classroom belief items (Nos. 5, 10, and 23) inRotter's I-E Scale as a possible subclass was identified in a study in which 129 men and 131 women undergraduate students ( M age = 24.3 yr.) were subjects and illustrated here by applying the ratio of internal scores per item with the total 23 I-E items.

Self-Statements, Self-Esteem, and Locus of Control in Discriminating College Students' Scores on the Beck Depression Inventory

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Madonna ◽  
Vincent D. Philpot
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Automatic Thoughts ◽  
Stepwise Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Classification Analysis

To study the use of the ratio of positive to negative self-statements, locus of control, and self-esteem in discriminating between scores on the Beck Depression Inventory 145 undergraduate college students were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Revised, Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory-Adult Form, and the Rotter Locus of Control scale in their classrooms. A stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that five variables combined to yield a statistically significant discrimination among low, middle, and high scores on the Beck Depression Inventory. The classification analysis indicated that 77.1% ( n = 111) of the undergraduate students were correctly classified; 93.2% (82 of 88) were correctly classified as low scorers and 73.3% (18 of 46) were correctly classified as high scorers.

Right-Wing Authoritarianism Relative to Traditional Western Thinking and Locus of Control

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Diakonova ◽  
Albert R. Gilgen
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Group Cohesiveness ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽  
The Right ◽  
East West ◽  
American Thought

The relationships among scores on right-wing authoritarianism, locus of control, and beliefs relative to traditional Eastern and Western thinking were examined. Eastern thinking is defined as the monistic perspective common to Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Confucianism, while Western thinking reflects the dualism intrinsic to the Judeo-Christian and ancient Greek underpinnings of European and American thought. Among 72 male and 130 female undergraduate students, women scoring high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale tended to score more Western on the East-West Questionnaire. Subjects scoring high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale, especially the men, tended to score internal on locus of control. Performance on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale could be used as a weak predictor of the scores obtained on the Locus of Control Scale. Duckitt's conceptualization of authoritarianism as an aspect of group cohesiveness served as the theoretical framework.

Future Orientation and External Locus of Control

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 957-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
The Other ◽  
External Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
External Locus Of Control

A group of 112 undergraduate students was administered the Rotter Internal-External Control Scale. Students who scored above the median in the distribution were categorized as having an external locus of control. The same students also were given the Circles Test which involves having the subject draw circles representing the past, present, and future. If the circle representing the future was larger than the other two, the subject was designated as future-oriented. It was hypothesized that students with external controls would tend to be future-oriented. The hypothesis was supported by the findings.

Neuroticism and Levenson's Locus of Control Scale

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Morelli ◽  
Herb Krotinger ◽  
Sharon Moore
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory

The relation between the scores on the Eysenck Personality Inventory and Levenson's Locus of Control scale was investigated among 67 undergraduate students. As expected, no relation between Extraversion and Leven-son's three scales was found, but Neuroticism was significantly related to internal control (—.27) and chance (.34) scales.

Self-Esteem and Locus of Control of Women Who Report Sexual Abuse during Childhood

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1294-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Silliman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale

To study the self-esteem and locus of control of adult women who reported childhood sexual abuse experiences, 66 undergraduate students in psychology completed the Tennessee Self-concept Scale, Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, and a research questionnaire. Contrary to expectation, mean scores of 33 women who reported abuse were not significantly different from those of 33 control women who reported no such experience.

Birth Order and Locus of Control Revisited: Sex of Siblings as a Moderating Factor

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Control Scale

Rotter's Locus of Control scale was administered to 64 first-born and 157 other undergraduate students, and data on the sex of participants' siblings were also obtained. The sex of participants' siblings was significantly correlated with locus of control among first-borns but not among other participants.

The Self-Consciousness Scale and Locus of Control

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 939-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. Mikawa ◽  
Ken Nordin ◽  
Jim Eyman
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
External Events ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Self Consciousness

The Self-consciousness Scale has three factors, private self-consciousness, public self-consciousness, and social anxiety. It was expected that high private self-consciousness would facilitate tendencies toward internal locus of control. No relationship, however, was found between private self-consciousness and internal locus of control. Low to moderate correlations were found between locus of control, as measured by the Rotter I-E Scale and the Levenson Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale, and public self-consciousness and social anxiety. Public self-consciousness and social anxiety reflect concerns about the impact of others and external events. A total of 118 undergraduate students participated in the study, 65 women and 53 men.

Cognitive Processes Associated with Gambling Behaviour

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Kweitel ◽  
Felicity C. L. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
South Oaks Gambling Screen ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Additional Question ◽  
Australian Sample ◽  
Internal Scale

Gambling behaviours can be pathological if positive response is extreme, but very little is known about the psychological precursors of pathological gambling in Australia. This study examined the relationships between self-reported gambling behaviours and scores on locus of control measures. The sample of 80 male and 75 female undergraduate students completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen and Levenson's multidimensional Locus of Control Scale. No significant association was found for the self-reported gambling behaviours with scores on the Internal scale but a positive one obtained between scores on the Powerful Others subscale. Self-reported gambling behaviours differed significantly for men reported that they gambled more than women. For these Australian undergraduates an additional question on borrowing money increased the apparent frequency of pathological gambling. Thus an avenue for further research is the development of a valid and reliable measure of gambling behaviours in an Australian sample.

A Cross-Cultural Validation of Trice's Academic Locus of Control Scale for College Students in an Omani Sample

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 823-829
Author(s):  
Ali Mohamed Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
College Undergraduate ◽  
Academic Locus Of Control ◽  
Motivation Scale

This study examined the validity of the Academic Locus of Control scale in a nonwestern culture. Subjects were 491 college undergraduate students majoring in education (123 men and 368 women). Rotter's I-E scale and an achievement motivation scale were administered also. Correlation coefficients of .33 and .45 of scores on the Academic Locus of Control Scale match those on the two validating inventories. Predictive validity as measured by the correlation with GPA was only .20. Among the present sample, the Academic Locus of Control Scale was a better predictor of GPA than Rotter's I-E scale ( r = .06). Unlike the American sample, Omani women had a significantly higher mean externality score than men which reflects cultural differences. Although Omani subjects did not differ from American subjects in mean externality score, patterns of responses were different. An attempt was made to explain these differences in terms of cultural disparities.

A Career Locus of Control Scale for Undergraduate Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashton D. Trice ◽  
John R. Haire ◽  
Kimberly A. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Service Use ◽  
College Seniors ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Career Service ◽  
The Social ◽  
Valid Index

This paper describes the development and initial validation of a measure of locus of control as it relates to the career process among college students. The scale is shown to be related to the construct of locus of control, reliable, uninfluenced by the social-desirability response set, and a valid index of job-search behavior among college seniors and major selection and career service use among college juniors.

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