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I\'ve always been intrigued by tools that provide insights into how I interact, think, feel, and work. One such tool I\'ve utilized is the \"Locus of Control\". Essentially, the locus of control determines whether you view life as something that happens to you regardless of your actions, or as something that you live and shape for yourself. If you find yourself at either end of this spectrum, it likely indicates an unhealthy perspective of your capacity to influence your own life and may manifest in dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors.
The Rotter Internal-External Control Scale is a tool that helps you assess this for yourself. I have attached an Excel spreadsheet (of my own design) to enable you to use the tool and automatically calculate a score.
Remember, any assessment tool is only as good as the data you input. Though this tool has been tested for statistical validity, it can be affected by a range of factors, including your life circumstances at the time of completing the questionnaire and the passage of time.
Each time I use it, I get slightly different results. Often, I want to pick a specific option, but honesty necessitates the other! Don\'t worry - it\'s all part of the learning process.
The Rotter Internal-External Control Scale is a quick, forced choice scale. Often, there are shades of agreement. Try to choose one or the other in general. It\'s an old scale, but it has had great success over the years, despite its weaknesses. Many have tried to refine it, but without much increase in validity. It tends to yield high reliability and validity over time but is less valid with children under about 8 to 9 years. Therefore, Nowicki and Stipek and Crandell and others (like Gammage) have designed specific scales for children. There are suggestions that it is couched in the language of the 1960\'s and is very American; also, the language is undoubtedly \'male\' in some of its connotations. Nevertheless, it has stood the test of time, has generated vast amounts of research in personality and achievement, and is undoubtedly useful at its extreme edges for diagnostic purposes (e.g., degree of neuroticism).
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16I\'ve always been intrigued by tools that provide insights into how I interact, think, feel, and work. One such tool I\'ve utilized is the \"Locus of Control\". Essentially, the locus of control determines whether you view life as something that happens to you regardless of your actions, or as something that you live and shape for yourself. If you find yourself at either end of this spectrum, it likely indicates an unhealthy perspective of your capacity to influence your own life and may manifest in dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors.
The Rotter Internal-External Control Scale is a tool that helps you assess this for yourself. I have attached an Excel spreadsheet (of my own design) to enable you to use the tool and automatically calculate a score.
Remember, any assessment tool is only as good as the data you input. Though this tool has been tested for statistical validity, it can be affected by a range of factors, including your life circumstances at the time of completing the questionnaire and the passage of time.
Each time I use it, I get slightly different results. Often, I want to pick a specific option, but honesty necessitates the other! Don\'t worry - it\'s all part of the learning process.
The Rotter Internal-External Control Scale is a quick, forced choice scale. Often, there are shades of agreement. Try to choose one or the other in general. It\'s an old scale, but it has had great success over the years, despite its weaknesses. Many have tried to refine it, but without much increase in validity. It tends to yield high reliability and validity over time but is less valid with children under about 8 to 9 years. Therefore, Nowicki and Stipek and Crandell and others (like Gammage) have designed specific scales for children. There are suggestions that it is couched in the language of the 1960\'s and is very American; also, the language is undoubtedly \'male\' in some of its connotations. Nevertheless, it has stood the test of time, has generated vast amounts of research in personality and achievement, and is undoubtedly useful at its extreme edges for diagnostic purposes (e.g., degree of neuroticism).
From Australia, Ballarat
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