Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Locus of Control Scale ====== ===== Background ===== Introduced by [[http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/mon/80/1/1/|Rotter (1966)]] ===== The scale ===== Scoring <blockquote> * Score one point for response ‘a’ to questions: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, and 13. * Score one point for response ‘b’ to questions: 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9. </blockquote> The items: <blockquote> Please choose one choice (a or b) for each number: * 1. a. Children get into trouble because their patents punish them too much. * 1. b. The trouble with most children nowadays is that their parents are too easy with them. * 2. a. Many of the unhappy things in people's lives are partly due to bad luck. * 2. b. People's misfortunes result from the mistakes they make. * 3. a. One of the major reasons why we have wars is because people don't take enough interest in politics. * 3. b. There will always be wars, no matter how hard people try to prevent them. * 4. a. In the long run people get the respect they deserve in this world. * 4. b. Unfortunately, an individual's worth often passes unrecognized no matter how hard he tries. * 5. a. The idea that teachers are unfair to students is nonsense. * 5. b. Most students don't realize the extent to which their grades are influenced by accidental happenings. * 6. a. Without the right breaks, one cannot be an effective leader. * 6. b. Capable people who fail to become leaders have not taken advantage of their opportunities. * 7. a. No matter how hard you try, some people just don't like you. * 7. b. People who can't get others to like them don't understand how to get along with others. * 8. a. Heredity plays the major role in determining one's personality. * 8. b. It is one's experiences in life which determine what they're like. * 9. a. I have often found that what is going to happen will happen. * 9. b. Trusting fate has never turned out as well for me as making a decision to take a definite course of action. * 10. a. In the case of the well prepared student there is rarely, if ever, such a thing as an unfair test. * 10. b. Many times, exam questions tend to be so unrelated to course work that studying is really useless. * 11. a. Becoming a success is a matter of hard work, luck has little or nothing to do with it. * 11. b. Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time. * 12. a. The average citizen can have an influence in government decisions. * 12. b. This world is run by the few people in power, and there is not much the little guy can do about it. * 13. a. When I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work. * 13. b. It is not always wise to plan too far ahead because many things turn out to be a matter of good or bad fortune anyhow. </blockquote> ===== SPSS Syntax ===== <code> compute locus=((lc1=1)+(lc2=2)+(lc3=1)+(lc4=1)+(lc5=1)+(lc6=2)+(lc7=2)+(lc8=2)+(lc9=2)+(lc10=1)+(lc11=1)+(lc12=1)+(lc13=1)). exec. </code> locus_of_control_scale.txt Last modified: 2013/10/30 02:29by filination