Internal‐External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth*

Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

Julian B. Rotter · The Psychological Monographs · 1966 · 21.9K citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7

Social Theory and Social Structure.

Gregory P. Stone, Robert Κ. Merton · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1958 · 4.5K citations

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +11

On The Meaning of Alienation

Melvin Seeman · American Sociological Review · 1959 · 1.9K citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Deviance +7

CHILDREN'S BELIEFS IN THEIR OWN CONTROL OF REINFORCEMENTS IN INTEUECTUAL-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SITUATIONS

Virginia C. Crandall, Walter Katkovsky, Vaughn J. Crandall · Child Development · 1965 · 943 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +17

children's feelings of personal control as related to social class and ethnic group1

Esther S. Battle, Julian B. Rotter · Journal of Personality · 1963 · 390 citations

Social Sciences, Human Development, Social Psychology +10