extraversion and external locus of control in a youthful offender population
abstract
a correlational study between extraversion as
measured by eysenck’s personality inventory and external
locus of control as measured by rotter’s internal-external
scale indicated no significant relationship in a sample
of youthful offenders from the thunder bay correctional
centre. examination of indian - white differences in
test scores revealed a significant difference between
groups in extraversion, no significant difference in
neuroticism and no significant difference in degree of
external control expectancy. the findings are discussed
with regard to problems of test construction and in terms
of factors or variables which might confound correlations
between the epi and i-e scales.
a factor analysis of rotter’s i-e scale generated
four factors, suggesting for the purposes of future research
that external locus of control be considered a heterogeneous personality variable and that it may be an especially
useful variable when related to previous research on the
personalities of delinquents.
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