Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (Rotter).
I-E Scale
locus of control; internality; externality
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 29 items. Forced-choice (29 item pairs incl. 6 fillers); internal vs external statement (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated into many languages incl. Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Arabic
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 80(1), 1-28.
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