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Peer reviewedWard, L. Charles; Thomas, Linda L. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Administered items from three locus of control (LOC) tests and the Beck Hopelessness Scale to 197 undergraduates. Factor analyses produced multiple factors for each LOC test; Beck proved to be unidimensional. Each LOC test contained salient dimension describing belief in luck, chance, or fate. Other common themes were internal control and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Factor Analysis, Higher Education
