Interrelationships of locus of control content dimensions and hopelessness
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 41 (4) , 517-520
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198507)41:4<517::aid-jclp2270410411>3.0.co;2-9
Abstract
Items from three locus of control (LOC) tests and the Beck Hopelessness Scale were administered to 197 college students. Factor analyses produced multiple factors for each LOC test, but the Beck scale proved to be unidimensionai. Factor scales were constructed for each test, and scores were factor analyzed to discover common content. Each LOC test contained a salient dimension that described belief in luck, chance, or fate, and corresponding scales were well correlated. Internal control was the second common theme, with variations according to whether control was attributed to oneself or to people in general. The third common component expressed a personal helplessness or powerlessness. Each common factor was loaded by the Hopelessness Scale, which also correlated with all but one LOC factor scale.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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