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Title: Analysis of the Covariance Structure of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale: Dimensionality and Stability
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Spykerman, Bryan R. |
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Analysis of the Covariance Structure of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale: Dimensionality and Stability Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 1986. DAI 46/8-A(2456-2457), 0419-4217, Feb 1986 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Control; Internal-External Attitude; LISREL; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Racial Differences; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Scale Construction; Socioeconomic Status (SES) The measurement properties and the stability of an abbreviated version of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale were examined using an analysis of covariance structures technique (LISREL) developed by Joreskog and Sorbom. Respondents to the scale were NLS males 45 to 59 years old in 1966. These respondents were administered an abbreviated eleven item Rotter I-E scale in 1969, 1971 and 1976. The unidimensionality of the eleven item scale was rejected. Hypotheses suggested by previous research on the dimensionality of the scale were tested. A four item "personal control" subscale met statistical criteria of acceptable fit to the observed data, unidimensionality and structural invariance within subsamples across the three panels of the study. Only weak evidence was found for a "control ideology" subscale reported in earlier research. Personal control in the black subsample was found to be very unstable and influenced by level of socio-economic status. The opposite was true in the white subsample--personal control was highly stable over the period 1969 to 1976 and was little affected by socio-economic status. Some evidence was found for a lack of equivalence in personal control scale structure between the black and the white subsamples. |
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Spykerman, Bryan R. Analysis of the Covariance Structure of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale: Dimensionality and Stability. Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 1986. DAI 46/8-A(2456-2457), 0419-4217, Feb 1986. |