Review of the Internal-External Control Construct as a Personality Variable

Joe, Victor

doi:10.2466/pr0.1971.28.2.619

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“…10 Moreover, an internal control disposition is associated with different social behavior, higher academic performance, and other achievement-related activities. 11,12 Patients who have internal LOC are known to adapt faster, have less pain during orthodontic treatment, 13 and tend to cooperate better than those with an external LOC.…”

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Patient compliance and locus of control in orthodontic treatment: A prospective study

Lee

Ahn

Kim

2008

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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Introduction: Increased understanding of orthodontic patients will improve communication between dentist and patient; this is important for an optimal treatment outcome. In this prospective study, we addressed the relationship between patient compliance and locus of control (LOC) characteristics and evaluated posttreatment changes in LOC profiles. Methods: Two types of LOC questionnaires, the Rotter internal control scale (RICS) and the Nowicki-Strickland external control scale (NSECS), were given to 561 patients before conventional orthodontic treatment. After orthodontic treatment, the same questionnaires were readministered, and patient compliance was evaluated by an orthodontist and 3 dental hygienists. LOC scores were calculated at the end of the examination period. The difference in LOC between the good and poor compliance groups, and the posttreatment changes in LOC were evaluated. Results: There was no significant difference in RICS and NSECS profiles between the good and poor compliance groups. NSECS decreased significantly after orthodontic treatment, but there were no significant changes in RICS. Conclusions: Patient compliance appears to be a complex factor that cannot be predicted by LOC evaluation before orthodontic treatment. Patients who underwent orthodontic treatment showed decreased external control dispositions. (Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2008;133:354-8)

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Patient compliance and locus of control in orthodontic treatment: A prospective study

Lee

Ahn

Kim

2008

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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“…Individuals possessing an external locus of control tend to be anxious, aggressive, dogmatic, less trusting of others, and have lower self-esteem than individuals operating under a more internal sense of control (Igbaria and Parasuraman, 1989;Joe, 1971;Levenson and Mahler, 1975;Storms and Spector, 1987). According to Seligman (1975), an external learns to be helpless with respect to a given outcome when that outcome is perceived to happen independently of the individual's voluntary responses.…”

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A host of factors often determines academic attitudes among learners. This quantitative study using cross-sectional survey design was conducted to establish the prediction effect of locus of control on academic attitudes among secondary school science teacher trainees at a public university in Uganda. Data were collected from a census of 203 students using structured questionnaires comprising a biodata section, Locus of Control Scale and Academic Attitudes Scale. Analysis was done using SPSS, and information was presented in tables and later described. Results showed that the trainees used mainly external locus of control and had generally moderately negative academic attitudes. Locus of control significantly predicted academic attitudes (t = -2.595, p = .010). Further analysis revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in academic attitudes between students originating from rural areas and those from urban areas. It was concluded that the use of external locus of control shifted responsibility of academic issues from the students to other external causes which likely resulted in counterproductive view the science and hence negative academic attitudes among the students.It is recommended that trainees need to be educated before and during pre-service training to appreciate teaching as a noble profession, and that trainees with the right disposition should be selected at entry to preservice training so as to foster the needed changes in science and technology education for national socioeconomic transformation.

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“…Los autores postulan -siguiendo las reladones propuestas por Joe (1971) entre puntuadones internas y conductas constructivas-que cuando los sujetos responden en una direcd6n interna, se pueden hacer las siguientes suposidones: (a), el sujeto cree que sus esfuerzos pueden influir en los resultados futuros; (b), el sujeto que responde en esta direcdon realiza mayores esfuerzos que el que atribuye en la direcdon externa; y (c), los esfuerzos que realiza el sujeto que responde en una direcd6n interna dan como resultado conductas mas constructivas.…”

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Revisión del constructo lugar de control a partir de sus instrumentos de evaluación sobre poblaciones infantiles

Rodríguez-Naranjo

Ávila

Jiménez

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Estudios de Psicología

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Review of the Internal-External Control Construct as a Personality Variable

Cited by 453 publications

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Patient compliance and locus of control in orthodontic treatment: A prospective study

Patient compliance and locus of control in orthodontic treatment: A prospective study

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Revisión del constructo lugar de control a partir de sus instrumentos de evaluación sobre poblaciones infantiles

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