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Locus of Control (Locus of Control: Rational Scale))
Psychology: IPIP PersonalityReliability: alpha 0.861 sample item
About this scale
Public-domain IPIP personality scale mapped to the construct label "Locus of Control" and target/key label "Locus of Control: Rational Scale)".
Sample item(s)
“IPIP assignment table lists 20 keyed item rows for "Locus of Control".”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.86. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
IPIP states its items and scales are public domain; cite the specific scale page and relevant source measure.
Source & citation
International Personality Item Pool. Official IPIP index of scale labels and item-assignment table. General citations include Goldberg (1999) and Goldberg et al. (2006), Journal of Research in Personality.
Locus of Control: Rational Scale)
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