Locus of Control among Anglo-Americans and Cuban-Americans

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Abstract
This study compared the perception of locus of control of 150 adult males from two different ethnic populations, Cuban-American and Anglo-American, assigned to three different groups. Rotter's I-E scale was administered to all Ss and analyzed in terms of age and cultural background according to Mirels' Factors I and II items. No significant differences were found between the scores of the two Cuban-American groups combined and the Anglo-American group on items loading high on Factors I and II. However, when the older Cuban-American group was compared against the two groups of younger Ss of both cultural backgrounds, these two latter groups scored significantly higher on externality than the older Cuban-American groups on Factor I and Factor II items of the I-E scale. A low but significant negative correlation was found between all Ss' ages and their total I-E scores. Results of this study appear to support previous findings suggesting that age, and not necessarily ethnicity, is a deciding factor of an internal or an external perception of locus of control.