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Locus of
control is a
psychological concept referring to a person’s perception of the source of
control for their lives. The concept is attributed to research by American
psychological scientist Julian B. Rotter (1954, 1966, 1975).
People with
a strong sense of internal locus of control have confidence that they
control their destiny. In contrast, people with a strong sense of external
locus of control believe that external forces are responsible for what happens
to them in life.
Research
supports a positive correlation between high self-esteem and internal locus of
control (e.g., see the literature review by Pruessner et al., 2005).
Locus of Control
can be measured using Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale.
References
Pruessner, J. C., Baldwin, M. W., Dedovic, K.,
Renwick, R., Mahani, N. K., Lord, C., Meaney, M., & Lupien, S. (2005).
Self-esteem, locus of control, hippocampal volume, and cortisol regulation in
young and old adulthood. NeuroImage, 28(4), 815–826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.06.014
Rotter, J. B. (1954). Social learning and
clinical psychology. Prentice-Hall, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1037/10788-000
Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies
for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Psychological
monographs: General and applied, 80 (1), 1.
Rotter, J. B. (1975). Some problems and
misconceptions related to the construct of internal versus external control of
reinforcement. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 43 (1),
56.
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