The present study evaluated the relationships among self-esteem, locus of control and conservatism for 284 undergraduate men and women. Men showed lower conservatism and partially higher self-esteem than women, but there were no sex differences on locus of control. Also, zero correlations were obtained between conservatism and locus of control as well as between conservatism and self-esteem. Relevance to prior research was discussed.
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