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Title: Differences in Locus of Control between Mature Black and White Women: Implications for Social Stratification
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Ilan, Leila C. |
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Differences in Locus of Control between Mature Black and White Women: Implications for Social Stratification Presented: [S.L.], Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, 1979 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Southwestern Sociological Association Keyword(s): Control; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Internal-External Attitude; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Racial Differences; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Stratification Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines the differences in locus of control, as measured by the Rotter Internal-External (I-E) scale, between black and white females who were respondents in the NLS of Mature Women in 1969. External locus of control is manifested by individuals who believe that a reward or an event is the result of luck, chance, fate, or as being under the control of powerful others. The reverse is true for an internally oriented individual. As suggested by previous investigators, the Rotter I-E was used to measure a "general locus of control" and a "sense of personal fate control." Comparison of means on the two I-E measures indicated that black women tended to be more externally oriented than the white women. However, in several analyses, it was revealed that this did not have as much influence on locus of control orientation compared to education, income, and health. Subsequent analysis of covariance confirmed this finding. It was also shown that age had a significant effect on sense of personal fate control. The theoretical implications of the concept of locus of control for social stratification are discussed. Internal locus of control is associated with high position, while external locus of control is associated with low position in a stratification system. |
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Ilan, Leila C. "Differences in Locus of Control between Mature Black and White Women: Implications for Social Stratification." Presented: [S.L.], Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, 1979. |