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Financial Constraints, External Locus of Control, and Emotional Exhaustion

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2021
The study examines whether an external locus of control (LOC) moderates the association between financial constraints and emotional exhaustion related to one’s financial situation. The participants for this study were 821 U.S. adults aged 20 and older who completed an online survey in September 2019.
Shinae L. Choi, Wookjae Heo
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Internal-External Locus of Control: New Normative Data

Psychological Reports, 1982
The present investigation supports Rotter's (1975) suggestion that scores on the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966) are becoming more external. New normative data based on a sample of 298 students from the same population Rotter utilized are presented. Students are becoming more external, as indicated by scores on the I-E scale.
James V. Cellini, Laura A. Kantorowski
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Future Orientation and External Locus of Control

Psychological Reports, 1979
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.
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Cigarette Smoking and External Locus of Control Among Young Adolescents

Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1982
Despite its widely publicized negative health effects, children entering their earlx teens continue to initiate the cigarette habit. This study suggests that seventh gra(ders with externa1l locus of control perception represent the group at greatest risk to start smoking early, to smoke at high JrequencY, adti to plan continuation of smoking behavior ...
J H, Clarke, B V, MacPherson, D R, Holmes   +2 more
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An Abbreviated Measure of Internal-External Locus of Control

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1974
Summary An abbreviated scale of internal-external locus of control (I-E) was administered to a national probability sample of 4,330 males ranging from 16 to 26 years of age. Psychometric properties (distributional characteristics, scale reliability, and item-test correlations) of the abbreviated scale were found to be similar to the full 29-item Rotter
Gopal K. Valecha, Thomas M. Ostrom
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Internal-External Locus of Control and the Practice of Birth Control

Psychological Reports, 1970
The Internal-External locus of control contruct suggests that those with external orientations might be less likely to attempt to control their pregnancies. Data from a larger study including drug and alcohol use and sexual behavior showed that engagement in premarital coitus was not related to locus of construct.
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Attitudes toward others and Components of Internal-External Locus of Control

Psychological Reports, 1975
In Study I, 42 undergraduates responded to the Machiavellianism scale and to Levenson's Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance scales. Results indicated that, for females, increases in Machiavellianism were correlated with feelings of personal inadequacy, while for males, the willingness to manipulate others was related to perceptions of a world ruled ...
H, Levenson, I, Mahler
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Political Participation as a Function of Internal-External Locus of Control

Psychological Reports, 1971
The aim was to determine whether a person's political participation is a function of his “locus of control.” Ss completed Rotter's I-E scale (1966), a political activity scale, and a self-rating of political activity. Political participation was positively correlated with internal locus of control.
B, Rosen, R, Salling
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Internal versus External Locus of Control: An Analysis of Music Populations

Journal of Music Therapy, 2002
This study investigated the relationship between locus of control and chosen field of music specialization. The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was designed to assess the construct of locus of control and reinforcement, which is defined as the perception of a connection between one's action and its consequences; the version of the scale used ...
Clifford K, Madsen, Wayne E, Goins
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Internal versus External Locus of Control and College Admissions

Psychological Reports, 1979
An opportunity to validate further Rotter's I-E scale as a measure of felt mastery over the course of one's life was provided by the establishment of the Bard College Immediate Decision Plan. It was expected that students enrolled from this program would score more internally than students enrolled through the traditional admissions procedure. Results
Stuart Levine, Deborah Taub
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