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Direct linkIngram, 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
Peer reviewedLudenia, Krista; Russell, Stephen F. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined relationships between the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales and subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with inpatients (N=90) at a alcohol treatment unit. Significant correlations were found between dimensions of perceived locus of control and various personality characteristics. (JAC)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Beliefs, Locus of Control, Males
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
Peer reviewedAbramowitz, Christine V.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
Twenty-six mildly distressed college student clients were assigned randomly to a nondirective or directive group. Internally oriented persons were more therapeutically responsive to the nondirective than to the directive approach, whereas the reverse tended to be the case among those more externally oriented. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Group Therapy, Individual Differences, 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
Download full textKolotkin, 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
