The multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale: The development of a goal specific locus of control scale.

Lefcourt, Herbert M.; Baeyer, Carl L. von; Ware, Edward E.; Cox, Dianne J.

doi:10.1037/h0081598

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“…Consistent with this view, a number of domainspecific control measures have appeared in the literature. The work of Lefcourt and his colleagues provides an early example of this measurement strategy (Lefcourt, von Baeyer, Ware, & Cox, 1979).…”

Section: Personal Control and Longevitymentioning

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Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

Krause

Shaw

2000

Psychology and Aging

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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of 2 different measures of personal control on mortality in late life. The 1st reflects control over the 3 roles that are most important to elderly study participants. The 2nd is a global measure that assesses control over life as a whole. Data provided by a nationwide survey of older adults (N = 884) indicate that feelings of control over the single most important role significantly reduce the odds of dying. In contrast, control over the 2nd and 3rd most important roles are not related to mortality, nor are feelings of control over life as a whole. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Section: Personal Control and Longevitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

Krause

Shaw

2000

Psychology and Aging

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“…Locus of Control scale-14 items adapted from the Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality scale-Achievement (Lefcourt et al 1979). This is a measure of locus of control in academic achievement situations.…”

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SEX DIFFERENCES IN SAT^® PREDICTIONS OF COLLEGE GRADES

Stricker¹,

Rock²,

Burton³

1991

ETS Research Report Series

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This study examined the role that sex‐related differences in the nature of the grade criterion and in variables associated with academic performance play in the over‐ and underprediction of college grades by the SAT when the test is used alone and in combination with high school grades. An entire freshman class at a large state university was studied. Women's GPA was underpredicted but only by a small amount. Adjusting the GPA for differences in grading standards for individual courses did not affect the underprediction, but controlling for sex differences in individual‐difference variables concerned with academic preparation, studiousness, and attitudes about mathematics reduced or essentially eliminated it.

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“…For one measure of control, participants were instructed to complete the achievement subscale of the MMCS (Lefcourt et al, 1979). The achievement subscale is designed to understand participants' locus of control for achievement.…”

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“…The purpose of Study 1 was to explicate the relationship between selfhandicapping (Jones & Rhodewalt, 1982) and free will beliefs (Rakos, Laurene, Skala, & Slane, 2008;Paulhus & Carey, 2011;Deery, Davis, & Carey, 2015), as well as related constructs such as beliefs about control (Levenson, 1973;Lefcourt, von Baeyer, Ware, & Cox, 1979), and effort (Schwarzer Bäßler, Kwiatek, Schröder, & Zhang, 1997;McCrea, Hirt, Hendrix, & Milner, 2008). We expected that there would be a positive relationship between free will beliefs, internal locus of control, self-efficacy, and belief in the value of effort, as well as a negative relationship between these constructs and scores on the selfhandicapping scale.…”

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Free Will Belief as a Predictor of Self-Handicapping

Jettinghoff¹

2018

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The present research explores free will belief as a causal antecedent to self-handicapping. The overarching goal of this work is to increase our understanding of why some individuals faced with a threatening assessment in an important ability domain will increase effort to ensure success, whereas others will engage in self-handicapping. Previous work has established that uncertainty aroused by non-contingent success feedback encourages the use of self-handicapping. We theorize that when faced with uncertainty and potential failure, those with weaker free will beliefs will be more likely to resort to self-handicapping. In other words, that self-handicapping necessitates that an individual feels a lack of free will and control over future performance and outcomes. Thus, we predicted that stronger belief in free will would be negatively associated with self-handicapping. Study 1 (N = 137) used a correlational design and measured trait self-handicapping, belief in free will, and perceptions of control, among other relevant dispositional variables, in an MTurk sample. The results indicated that belief in free will was negatively correlated with trait self-handicapping. Study 2 (N = 132) replicated this same pattern using a correlational design with a college student sample. Study 3 (N = 98) used an experimental design and manipulated belief in free will using an autobiographical memory task in which participants were asked to recall a time in which they experienced control and freedom of choice, or a lack thereof. We predicted that experimentally inducing a weaker free will belief would increase claimed self-handicapping. Results showed that the memory task did not produce differences in belief in free will, making us unable to test our causal hypothesis. However, we did replicate the correlations found in Studies 1 and 2. The free will manipulation and the implications of the correlational data are discussed.

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The multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale: The development of a goal specific locus of control scale.

Cited by 242 publications

References 28 publications

Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

SEX DIFFERENCES IN SAT^® PREDICTIONS OF COLLEGE GRADES

Free Will Belief as a Predictor of Self-Handicapping

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The multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale: The development of a goal specific locus of control scale.

Cited by 242 publications

References 28 publications

Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

Role-specific feelings of control and mortality.

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