Stability of Factor Structure in Fifth Graders on the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale

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Abstract
The purpose of the present study was twofold: to identify the factor structure on the CNS-IE in fifth graders and compare the results to Nowicki's analyses and to investigate the stability in factor structure on the CNS-IE over a six-month time span. The sample consisted of 346 children (172 boys and 174 girls). There was much similarity for Factor I items on the CNS-IE between the present sample and Nowicki's sample. Also, there was a high degree of similarity for Factor I items for the present sample on both testings. Factors II and III showed little similarity. Implications for the multidimensional nature of the locus of control construct were discussed.

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