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Ingram, Paul B.; Kelso, Kristy M.; McCord, David M. – Assessment, 2011
The recent release of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) has received much attention from the clinical psychology community. Particular concerns have focused on Restructured Clinical Scale 3 (RC3; Cynicism). This article briefly reviews the major criticisms and responses regarding the restructuring of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Personality, Measures (Individuals), Clinical Psychology
Scott, Donald P.; Severance, Laurence – 1972
Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) locus of control scale, the MMPI, and the CPI were administered to 100 males in a nonacademic environment. Relationships between I-E and the other measures were examined: a sizeable amount of the variance in I-E scores was accounted for by MMPI and CPI scales, but a discriminant analysis failed to enable reliable…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Locus of Control
Tiffany, Phyllis G.; Dey, Kay – 1983
Control over self, lifestyle, and environment is a major factor in how one ages. To investigate how age acts as an environmental force in affecting perceptions of control, 45 adults, aged 60-80, from western Kansas were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Tiffany Experienced Control Scales (ECS), the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Attribution Theory, Gerontology
Kolotkin, Richard A.; And Others – 1994
This experiment investigated: (1) relationships among locus of control, attributional style, and depression; (2) if a depressogenic attributional style could be empirically isolated; and (3) if reliable relationships existed between attribution and depression when depression was operationalized using different instruments. Subjects completed the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness