Sentence examples for external loci from inspiring English sources

These results are consistent with past studies that suggest that hallucinatory subjects are more vulnerable to suggestion and support the notion that external loci of control over interpersonal experiences are associated with increased psychosis vulnerability.

However, no significant linkage disequilibrium was observed between the external loci DXS995, DXS8076 and DXS1050 (Table 1).

Second, and again in keeping with our prior expectation, the quality of self-reported health for any health state was higher amongst individuals with stronger Internal, and weaker External, loci of control.

On the other hand, people who have external loci of control believe that forces beyond their control, such as fate and society, determine event outcomes (Phares et al. 1968; Rotter 1954).

People at the other end of the scale, with external locus of control, are more heavily influenced by authority figures.

While preparing a lecture on fatalism and external locus of control for his students on Friday 13 February 1993, psychology professor Claiborn Phillips was struck by lightning a record 13 times in row.

Sometimes when reading discussions about social work it feels like our profession has an external locus of control too: the media are out to get us, while the government wants social work to be subordinated to big business interests such as Serco.

High scores indicate internal locus of control and low scores indicate external locus of control.

1126 students had internal locus of control and 129 had external locus of control.

Results highlight mainly external locus of control and disorganized and avoidant IWMs in abused children.

Individuals with anxious temperaments are dependent on an external locus of control (Rutter 2002).