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Numerous studies have revealed that locus of control is among the significant factors that contributed to the mental health challenges faced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the theory on locus of control, it is the degree to which a person feels he has control over events of his life, which can be internal or external. Filipinos have been known to adhere to a fatalistic attitude, which can be construed as a form of external locus of control. This study sought to discover the proportion of those who possess internal or external locus of control and the profile factors that could influence this. 226 college students from various public and private colleges in Camarines Norte, Philippines volunteered to take part in this study. The Locus of Control instrument based on Rotter was used to assess the locus of control of the respondents. When grouped according to sex, parental status and romantic status, majority of the respondents possess internal locus of control. However, percentage-wise, there are more males who have internal locus of control than females, there are more respondents without romantic involvement who possess internal locus of control than those with romantic involvement and those with only one surviving parent possess the most internal locus of control followed by those with parents who are living together and lastly by those whose parents are separated. Overall, 137 respondents or 60.62% possess internal locus of control and 89 or 39.38% have external locus of control. Chi square computations between locus of control and sex, parental status and romantic status yielded no significant relationships between these variables.

The COVID-19 pandemic wrought havoc upon many romantic relationships throughout the world. Since romantic love has been established as a source of happiness and that there are varying attitudes toward love, this study sought to ascertain whether differing love attitudes are associated with happiness. 116 romantically involved participants volunteered to be the respondents of this study. They were 2nd year college students of a private school in Marikina City, Philippines. The Love Attitudes Scale: Short form or L.A.S. was administered to measure the 6 love attitudes of the respondents, namely (1) Eros or passionate love, (2) Ludus or game-playing love, (3) Storge or friendship love, (4) Pragma or practical love, (5) Mania or possessive, dependent love and (6) Agape or altruistic love. On the other hand, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was administered to measure the respondents’ degree of happiness. The findings revealed that the respondents’ highest love attitude is Eros or passionate love while Ludus or game-playing love is the lowest. In addition, the respondents’ Oxford happiness scores indicated that the respondents were only slightly happy. A significant low positive relationship between the respondents’ Pragma love attitude scores and Oxford happiness scores was found. This implies that among the 6 love attitudes, only the respondents’ Pragma love attitude score has a significant relationship with their Oxford happiness score, and that as one increases, the other slightly increases and vice-versa. Keywords: Love Attitudes Scale, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Love, Happiness, COVID-19

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