In 1954, Psychologist Julian B. Rotter proposed the concept of locus of control made up of two ends of a continuum. On one end of the continuum is the internal locus of control with the external locus ...

American psychologist Julian Rotter developed the concept of "locus of control" in the 1950s, describing it as "the degree to which a person perceives an outcome as being contingent on their own ...

Unlike past, we have started believing that health is not something that happens to us but something that we consciously do to ourselves Do you remember the time when you scored well on a test and you ...

Research into whether the locus of control of children in foster care differs from that of children who have been adopted, children from disadvantaged backgrounds and children in the general ...

A recent study by PsychTests.com indicates that people who believe that they have no control over their life are more likely to be pessimistic, to have low self-esteem, and to lack resilience.

What shapes your future; is it you or is it the world around you? Does random chance or the actions of powerful others decide the outcome of your life? Are we controlled by fate or can we make our own ...

Locus of control refers to the connections individuals perceive between their behaviour and what happens to them (internality). Those who believe what happens to them is due to luck, fate or chance ...