The Self-consciousness Scale has three factors, private self-consciousness, public self-consciousness, and social anxiety. It was expected that high private self-consciousness would facilitate tendencies toward internal locus of control. No relationship, however, was found between private self-consciousness and internal locus of control. Low to moderate correlations were found between locus of control, as measured by the Rotter I-E Scale and the Levenson Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale, and public self-consciousness and social anxiety. Public self-consciousness and social anxiety reflect concerns about the impact of others and external events. A total of 118 undergraduate students participated in the study, 65 women and 53 men.
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