Alternative Measures of Perceived Locus of Control
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 52 (3) , 819-823
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1983.52.3.819
Abstract
A 30-item questionnaire comprised of Rotter's I-E scale (minus 6 filler items), 6 independent questions derived from the I-E scale, and 1 independent question was administered to 93 college students. Common factor analysis assessed the dimensionality of the I-E scale, and 4 factors were identified. The relationship between the measures of locus of control was assessed, yielding evidence that the single-item measure is a valid alternative brief measure of locus of control.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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