A modified version of the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale is investigated. Utilizing four distinct subgroups (ns = 101) of college freshmen, education and noneducation majors, from a Bible College and a State University, a discriminant structure for the locus of control statements was defined. Two statistically significant discriminant functions showed a very clear external orientation for all four groups. The construct locus of control was less bipolar than anticipated.
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