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Glossolalia and Internal-External Locus of Control

Journal of Psychology and Theology, 1977
A group of glossolalics was compared with a group of nonglossolalics on Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. The sample of glossolalics was drawn from Foursquare Gospel and Assembly of God churches, the nonglossolalics were Methodists. There were 95 glossolalics and 79 nonglossolalics.
Jesse E. Coulson, Ray W. Johnson
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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-External Locus of Control and Performance on a Vigilance Task

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1976
Previous studies have demonstrated there are large individual differences in subjects' ability to perform on vigilance or watch-keeping tasks. This study used Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Locus of Control Scale to resolve some of the variance attributed to individual differences and tested the hypothesis that the internally controlled person is a ...
M G, Sanders, C G, Halcomb, J M, Fray, J M, Owens   +3 more
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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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Belief in Paranormal Phenomena and An External Locus of Control

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1994
In a sample of 51 college students, beliefs in paranormal phenomena were associated with scores on a measure of belief in an external locus of control.
Jodi Allen, David Lester
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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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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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Internal-External Locus of Control and Environmental Cohesiveness

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1976
Subjects with high or low scores on Rotter's Social Reaction Inventory were required to solve word and nonsense anagrams. A significant interaction was found between the locus of control and the two types of anagrams, thus confirming the hypothesis that locus of control measures an individual's percep tion of the cohesiveness of the environment.
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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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Online Metacognitive Reading Strategies by Internal and External Locus of Control

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2018
This quantitative study focuses on online metacognitive reading strategies used by 39 Iranian postgraduate students with internal and external locus of control. The students were selected through locus of control questionnaire and it is followed by OSORS questionnaire to measure online metacognitive strategies used by students.
Mitra Mesgar, Dara Tafazoli
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