Personality Correlates of Locus of Control among College Women

Abstract

Personality correlates of locus of control were investigated for a group of 205 college women. Eight 16-Personality Factor variables were reliably correlated with scores on locus of control. Internal women were more likely to be controlled, emotionally stable, conscientious, trusting, shrewd, and sociable; external women were more likely to be excitable and insecure. A 6-variable stepwise regression model using will power, ego strength, sociability, trust, creativity, and shrewdness as variables gave a mutiple R of .442 and accounted for 20% of the variance.