DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SCALE OF NON-THEISTIC SPIRITUALITY: CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPIRITUALITY TO THE LOCUS OF CONTROL

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-438
Author(s):  
João P. Da Silva ◽  
Anabela M. S. Pereira ◽  
Sara O. M. Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Spiritual Awareness ◽  
Lack Of Control

The present study aims to compare measures of spirituality and religiosity in the experience of the locus of control. For this purpose a scale of non-theistic spirituality (Spiritual Awareness Scale) was developed to better distinguish spirituality from religiosity. The sample included 279 participants, 86 males (30.8%) and 193 females (69.2%), aged between 17 and 69 (M = 24.42, SD = 9.463). The results showed that the Spiritual Awareness Scale has acceptable psychometric characteristics as also good convergent and practical validity. The findings revealed that spirituality and religiosity affect the perception of the locus of control in opposite ways: the greater the spirituality, the greater the feeling of personal control over life events; and the greater the religiosity, the more the feeling of lack of control. These results raise important questions about the operationalization of both concepts of spirituality and religiosity.

Locus of Control and Depression among Noninstitutionalized Elderly Persons

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn R. Hanes ◽  
Bradford S. Wild
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
External Locus Of Control

Depression was associated with external locus of control orientation among a sample of 48 noninstitutionalized elderly persons. The over-all results supported Seligman's hypothesis that depressives perceive themselves to lack personal control. However, a trend in the direction of higher correlations between externality and depression fot males than females suggests the possibility that perceived lack of control may be more depressing when it conflicts with expectations concerning self-reliance and mastery associated with traditional male sex roles.

Psychometric characteristics of the Personality Belief Questionnaire – Short Form

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donizete Tadeu Leite ◽  
Ederaldo José Lopes ◽  
Renata Ferrarez Fernandes Lopes
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Dysfunctional Beliefs ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Practical Tool

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Personality Belief Questionnaire – Short Form (PBQ-SF). A sample of 700 college students answered to the Brazilian version of the PBQ-SF. The results showed good estimates of reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) of the PBQ-SF scales, indicating a significant association between the beliefs of each of the scales. The results of factor analysis of the PBQ-SF were similar to its original version. Overall, the findings provide support for the existence of factorial validity for the Brazilian version of the PBQ-SF, suggesting that it is a practical tool for the measurement of dysfunctional beliefs related to personality disorders

Perceived uniqueness: Locus of control, social exclusion, and choice

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Shichang Liang ◽  
Yaping Chang ◽  
XueBing Dong ◽  
Jinshan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Central China ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Uniqueness Results ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the influence of locus of control on the relationship between social exclusion and preference for distinctive choices. Participants were 212 undergraduate students at a university in Central China, who completed measures of social exclusion, locus of control, choice, and perceived uniqueness. Results showed that participants who believed that the environment controlled their fate (external locus of control) preferred more distinctive choices in a social exclusion context than in a social inclusion context, whereas participants who believed that they could control the environment (internal locus of control) preferred less distinctive choices. Further, perceived uniqueness mediated the effect of social exclusion and locus of control on choice. These results add to the literature on social exclusion and personal control.

Some Psychometric Properties of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule among Australian Youth

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1209-1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn A. Melvin ◽  
Geoffrey N. Molloy
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Convenience Sample

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) was designed to measure two independent or orthogonal dimensions of mood. The present study concerned selected psychometric characteristics of the schedule in a convenience sample of 237 Australian adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. The results were generally supportive of the schedule's reported psychometric properties and for its use across age and nationality.

scholarly journals A Spanish-Language Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes: Translation Process and Assessment of Psychometric Properties

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin L. Joiner ◽  
Rosa Maria Sternberg ◽  
Christine Kennedy ◽  
Jyu-Lin Chen ◽  
Yoshimi Fukuoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
Perception Survey ◽  
Risk Scale

Background and Purpose: Create a Spanish-language version of the Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes (RPS-DD) and assess psychometric properties. Research Design and Methods: The Spanish-language version was created through translation, harmonization, and presentation to the tool’s original author. It was field tested in a foreign-born Latino sample and properties evaluated in principal components analysis. Results: Personal Control, Optimistic Bias, and Worry multi-item Likert subscale responses did not cluster together. A clean solution was obtained after removing two Personal Control subscale items. Neither the Personal Disease Risk scale nor the Environmental Health Risk scale responses loaded onto single factors. Reliabilities ranged from .54 to .88. Test of knowledge performance varied by item. Conclusions: This study contributes to evidence of validation of a Spanish-language RPS-DD in foreign-born Latinos.

FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOCUS OF CONTROL

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton De Man ◽  
Vincent Hall ◽  
Dale Stout
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Partial Correlation ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Correlation Analyses ◽  
Environment Variables ◽  
And Control

Sixty-seven women and thirty-six men participated in a study of the relationships between selected family environment variables and Levenson's dimensions of locus of control (Personal Control, Powerful Others, Chance). Results indicated significant bivariate and semipartial associations between perceived family nurture and Personal Control. Significant bivariate correlations were found between Powerful Others and the respective measures of perceived family nurture and control. The latter associations were not maintained in subsequent semi-partial correlation analyses. No significant findings were obtained for the Chance dimension. Sex of subject did not appear to be of importance in the various relationships.

scholarly journals Intelligence and social competence among high-risk adolescents

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suniya S. Luthar ◽  
Edward Zigler
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Ego Development ◽  
Sociocultural Influences ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

AbstractInteractions between intelligence and psychosocial factors were examined in terms of influences on social competence among 144 inner-city ninth-grade students. Psychosocial variables examined included ego development, locus of control, and positive and negative life events. Definitions of social competence were based on peer ratings, teacher ratings, and school grades. Results indicated that, unlike their less intelligent peers, intelligent youngsters showed higher competence levels at high versus low levels of both ego development and internal locus of control. Findings were interpreted in the context of sociocultural influences on academic achievement among disadvantaged adolescents.

Bibliography of the Psychometric Properties of the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test: 1970–1991

1992 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Lubin ◽  
Eric W. Sands
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Social Science Citation Index ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Visual Motor

To provide a compilation of the literature on the psychometric characteristics of the Bender Visual-motor Gestalt Test since 1970, 192 suitable items found in Psychological Abstracts and Social Science Citation Index are presented in five categories: reliability, validity, factor analysis, scoring systems, and norms.

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