Journal of Personality Assessment · 1974 · 438 citations · 2 references
Educational PsychologyEducationControl ScaleEarly Childhood EducationPsychometricsSocial SciencesPsychologyStudent RetentionChild LiteracyPsychometric CharacteristicsCognitive DevelopmentUniversity Student RetentionExistent LocusStudent SuccessHigher EducationSecondary EducationSociologyCollege AdultsControl Scales
Summary In an effort to overcome some of the shortcomings of existent locus of control scales, the authors developed a new adult scale suitable for use on Ss with as little as fifth grade reading ability. Psychometric characteristics were assessed in 12 studies on 766 Ss.
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