In 1954, Psychologist Julian B. Rotter proposed the concept of locus of control made up of two ends of a continuum. On one end of the continuum is the internal locus of control with the external locus ...

In traditional media environments, the main type of control available to consumers is to alter their own opinions and judgments or to approach or avoid the mass media message. Most research in the ...

We describe the development and validation of the Parent Health Locus of Control (PHLOC) scales. Using factor analytic and item analytic methods, 30 items comprising six scales were extracted from a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Estimates of the reliability of children's locus of control scales were generally nonexistent for low-verbal-ability children, while estimates ...

Who controls your happiness? Who is responsible for your income? Your attitude? Each of us has a belief about how much control we have over the things we encounter in life. We each view life either as ...

This article is contributed by Dr. Martha Andrews, Professor of Management within the Cameron School of Business. Corporate ...

American psychologist Julian Rotter developed the concept of "locus of control" in the 1950s, describing it as "the degree to which a person perceives an outcome as being contingent on their own ...

Do you think that the events in your life — getting hired or getting fired, falling in or out of love, moving from one city to another — are due to your actions or some outside power? How you answer ...

This article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. Some people have a knack for writing, while others will never write well no matter how hard they try. That is an example of a question that will ...