The measurement of locus of control: Assessing more than meets the eye?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-76

  Leone, Christopher ^a   Burns, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033629333     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980009600849     Document Type: Article

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