The Development of a Locus of Control Measure Designed to Assess Intellectually Disabled Students’ Beliefs in Adaptive Behaviour Situations

Abstract

This article presents the background outlining the development of a locus of control measure designed to examine intellectually disabled students’ expectancy of control of reinforcement in the adaptive behaviour domains. The importance of students’ locus of control in behavioural situations is discussed, as is the theoretical framework upon which the Knight Adaptive Behaviour Locus of Control Scale was developed.