In Table 6, we compare youths who are in the bottom quartile of the effort scale (have very low effort) with youths who have higher levels of effort and youths who are in the bottom quartile of external locus of control with those in higher quartiles of the same index.
When selection on observables is set equal to selection on unobservables, the coefficient of external locus of control seems particularly sensitive to high levels of positive correlation (ρ = 0.55) and changes sign.
The three areas screened by the SSS are perceived stuttering severity, the level of internal or external locus of control, and reported word or situation avoidance.
The degree of exposure, peri-traumatic dissociation, fewer years of experience, external locus of control, and poor social support predicted higher levels of symptoms at T2 when the level of distress at T1 was controlled.
Hence, the results have a high level of external validity.
Also, that level of control imposes a psychological external locus of control and consequently is damaging to worker motivation and hence contrary to quality systems.
The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (German version: KKG [ 22]) measures three dimensions of perceived controllability of individual health and illness symptoms: internal health locus of control, social external locus of control, and fatalistic external locus of control.
Not if your self-esteem and self-efficacy levels are low: your mind telling you that the kind of people you might want to hang out with would have no time for the likes of you; your external locus of control waiting for outside forces to intervene ("If I see something interesting on my Facebook notifications, I'll push myself out").
The preliminary results involving a group of 60 diploma civil engineering students indicate that most students tend to have internal locus of control rather than external locus of control; above average level in self-efficacy and positive attitudes towards engineering with female students having stronger positive attitude compared to male students.
Positive correlations were obtained for both affective and cognitive psychological reactance variables, chance external locus of control, and level of adherence.
