The adult version of the Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale were given to 359 adults. Scores on the two instruments were only weakly correlated. Education, however, separated individuals high and low in impulsiveness and persons with external and internal loci of control.
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