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Peer reviewedGenthner, Robert W.; Jones, Daniel E. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1976
The results from these analyses supported the hypothesis that the Personal Responsibility Rating System has construct validity as a measure of psychological health. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Personality Measures, Rating Scales, Responsibility
Peer reviewedAbrahamson, David; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
The I-E Scale was administered to undergraduates enrolled in an introductory psychology course. The study replicated the two factors of the I-E Scale as reported by Mirels (1970). It also suggested that more dimmensions of locus of control attitudes need clarification and that Rotter's Scale has too few items to cover all facets of…
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Psychological Testing, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedZuckerman, Miron; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
A factor analysis of Rotter's internal-external locus of control scale is described. The four factors extracted were there correlated with several political attitude instruments. Results lead authors to suggest a modification in Rotter's scale, particularly in the "just world" items. (JKS)
Descriptors: Correlation, Dogmatism, Factor Analysis, Locus of Control
Download full textSpeisman, Joseph C.; And Others – 1983
An objective measure of Erikson's ego-identity construct is being developed. The total scale includes seven relatively independent subscales designed to reflect the residuals (part conflicts) of Erikson's psychosocial stages of development. An initial item pool of 194 items has been reduced to 113 items by means of judgemental and statistical…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Correlation, Developmental Stages, Higher Education
Levenson, Hanna – 1973
The paper contains a discussion of the modification of Rotter's Internal External Scale into the three scales of Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance orientations. The tripartite, multidimensional view of locus of control was developed because the validity and usefulness of Rotter's lumping expectancies of fate, chance, and powerful others…
Descriptors: Activism, Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Citizen Participation
Schneider, Gordon D.; And Others – 1989
An attempt to develop a locus of control scale that would differentiate one's sense of control over events that are highly controllable from one's sense of control over events that are typically uncontrollable by the individual is described. It was hypothesized that the more remote events are from one's personal control (e.g., events in the lives…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cluster Analysis, College Students, Factor Analysis
