Chronic Self-Destructiveness and Locus of Control in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 126 (5) , 573-577
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1986.9713629
Abstract
Chronic self-destructiveness and external locus of control were significantly correlated in student samples in Hong Kong, India, and the United States. Responses to the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (Kelly et al., 1985) evinced high levels of internal reliability in these samples. The data from Venezuela were the only exception to this pattern of results. The results demonstrate some generalizability of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale across three diverse cultural boundaries.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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