Life Stress, Locus of Control, and State and Trait Anxiety
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 36 (2) , 413-414
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1975.36.2.413
Abstract
In a study of the relationships between measures of life stress, locus of control and anxiety, 129 undergraduates were administered Jacobs' Life Change Inventory (Category A), Rotter's Locus of Control questionnaire and Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Highly stressed Ss reported greater state and trait anxiety than Ss of low stress. Highly stressed internals did not differ from highly stressed externals on either anxiety measure, while externals of low stress reported significantly more state anxiety than internals of low stress.Keywords
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