The relationship between Dogmatism and three subscales of Levenson's Locus of Control measure was examined with 36 female undergraduates as subjects. Results supported the hypothesis that internality, across all three domains of the Locus of Control construct, is related to a cognitively differentiated personality structure as measured by the Dogmatism scale.
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