The Construct and Concurrent Validity of the Social Dimension of the Brown Locus of Control Scale
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 50 (2), 377-382
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164490502016
Abstract
This paper presents data regarding the reliability and validity of a new locus of control scale. In addition to items measuring internality and powerful others externality, the scale has a conceptually new dimension referred to as external social.Keywords
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