Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Free Access - Register Here

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Carver, C. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Carver, C. S.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 6, 580-585 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167297236002

The Internal-External Scale Confounds Internal Locus of Control with Expectancies of Positive Outcomes

Charles S. Carver

University of Miami, Ccarver{at}umiami.ir.miami.edu

Julian Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Scale forces choices between statements expressing internal locus of control and those expressing external locus of control However, the statements appear also to differ in the confidence they convey that desired outcomes will occur Subjects in Study 1 viewed bogus responses agreeing or disagreeing with either internal or external statements from the I-E Scale. Agreement with internal items (compared with disagreement) was seen as implying confidence that desired outcomes would occur Disagreement with external items (compared with agreement) was seen as implying confidence that desired outcomes would occur. Subjects in Study 2 rated their own agreement with either internal or external items and their confidence of the desired outcomes. Agreement with internal items was positively related to confidence about the outcomes; agreement with external items was unrelated to confidence. Discussion focuses on theoretical implications.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Educational and Psychological MeasurementHome page
J. E. Oliver, P. E. Jose, and P. Brough
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Work Locus of Control Scale
Educational and Psychological Measurement, October 1, 2006; 66(5): 835 - 851.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Service ResearchHome page
G. L. Bradley and B. A. Sparks
Service Locus of Control: Its Conceptualization and Measurement
Journal of Service Research, May 1, 2002; 4(4): 312 - 324.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Pers Soc Psychol BullHome page
C. S. Carver, S. D. Harris, J. M. Lehman, L. A. Durel, M. H. Antoni, S. M. Spencer, and C. Pozo-Kaderman
How Important is the Perception of Personal Control? Studies of Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, February 1, 2000; 26(2): 139 - 149.
[Abstract] [PDF]