Construct Validation of the Personal and Sociopolitical Dimensions of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 42 (3_suppl) , 1259-1263
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3c.1259
Abstract
The construct validity of two dimensions of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale was investigated. Subjects (102 females and 63 males) completed measures of state and trait depression, a political activity inventory, and the locus of control scale. While the sociopolitical cluster of items showed evidence of construct validity, the personal cluster was not construct-validated. The need was stressed for further investigation of the validity of dimensions of locus of control.Keywords
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