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Autor/in | Epstein, Steven L. |
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Titel | A Factor Analytic Study of a Revised Form of Rotter's Internal-External Scale. |
Quelle | (1973), (24 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Attitudes; Communication (Thought Transfer); Individual Power; Information Theory; Interaction Process Analysis; Research Methodology; Role Perception; Social Attitudes; Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale |
Abstract | J. B. Rotter's internal-external scale has been widely used as a measure of the degree to which an individual believes he can control the outcome of events. When a revised form of the Rotter scale was subjected to factor analysis, with Rotter's 29 forced-choice items presented as 58 statements to be evaluated along semantic differential scales, the data revealed three factors which account for 21 percent of the explained variance: belief in the existence of luck, belief in internal-external control over personal events, and belief in internal-external control over societal events. An additional 17 factors emerged from the analysis. The revised form adds greater sensitivity to the internal-external scale. (EE) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |