Faith and Locus of Control

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A total of four dimensions emerged from a factor analytic study of faith. They were titled Faith in God, Faith in People, Faith in Self, and Faith in Technology. Comparisons of religious and secular groups and of liberal and conservative religious groups strongly supported the construct validity of the Faith in God subscale. A moderately low correlation obtained between the Faith in Self subscale and internal locus of control suggested conceptual similarity. Inspection of the item content on the two scales indicates that the internal subscale assesses one's perception that an individual can affect what happens to him, whereas items on the Faith in Self subscale concern more the perception that the individual will control his life in a positive direction.

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