Assessing locus of control with religious populations

Abstract

Two revisions of the Rotter I-E scale for use with highly religious subjects were developed and validated. As predicted, the Christian fundamentalist subjects were found to be significantly more internal in orientation with the Rotter I-E scale than with the two revised forms. Validation efforts revealed that the Rotter I-E scale and the Levenson Scale were highly valid measures of locus of control in a general population. However, it is suggested that the religious revision of the Rotter I-E scale be used with individuals with strong religious belief systems. Projective and significant-other methods for measuring locus of control were found to be less valid measures than the self-report indices. Finally, the effects of mono-operation bias in construct validation efforts were highlighted.

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