Locus of Control Orientations of Anglo-and Mexican-American Children

Abstract

Previous studies comparing the locus of control of Anglo-and Mexican-Americans have usually not controlled for large socioeconomic differences between these groups. Such studies have also tended to rely on single-method approaches of measuring Anglo-Mexican-American differences on this variable. The present study compared Anglo- and Mexican-American children of similar socioeconomic backgrounds on two locus of control scales. Analyses of variance indicated no significant differences in the mean scores of the two groups of children. There was no significant correlation between the two locus of control scales for both groups of children.