Estimation of Locus-of-Control Scores from the California Psychological Inventory

Abstract

Rotter's Locus of Control measure was correlated with 18 standard and 4 new scales of the California Psychological Inventory in samples of 141 males and 220 females. The directions of relationship were the same for 21 of the 22 scales. For all 361 Ss, tolerance, good impression, and achievement via conformance each correlated −.35 with locus of control; anxiety had a coefficient of .24. A 5-scale regression equation was developed, including dominance, responsibility, tolerance, and good impression weighted negatively, and self-control weighted positively. In a new sample of 50 couples, locus-of-control scores estimated by means of this equation correlated .43 with actual locus of control for husbands and .44 with actual locus of control for wives. Descriptive implications of actual and estimated locus-of-control scores were more similar for wives than for husbands.