Internal-External Locus of Control and Perception of Authority Figures

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ID13655448
AuthorsBen Ferguson (North Texas State University, corresponding author), Kevin J Kennelly (Texas State University), Kevin Kennelly (North Texas State University)
Year1974
Volume34
Issue3_suppl
Pages1119-1123
Publication date1974-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1974.34.3c.1119
OpenAlexW2162018957
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

To investigate differences between Internals' and Externals' characteristic views of figures in authority, the Authority Figure Perception Test, a paper-and-pencil test, was constructed (scale reliabilities ranged from .82 to .33) and administered along with Rotter's I-E Scale to 76 male preparatory high school students. As hypothesized, Internals more than Externals perceived figures in authority (a) as more encouraging of constructive environmental manipulations ( r = .36), (b) as more supportive when difficulty is encountered ( r = .41), (c) as more positively reinforcing ( r = .26), (d) as having more predictable standards ( r = .53), (e) as acting more upon issue-oriented reason ( r = .43), and (f) in a generally more positive light ( r = .55; p s < .025, 1-tailed tests). As age increased in the present sample, the tendency to perceive authority figures (a) as positively reinforcing ( r = .25), (b) as having predictable standards ( r = .23), and (c) in a generally positive light ( r = .25) decreased ( p s < .05, 2-tailed tests)

Constructive · Locus of control · Optics · Pencil (optics · Perception · Process (computing · Scale (ratio · Test (biology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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