The relationship between locus of control and temporal experience.
As locus of control involves generalized expectancies regarding the determination of events, it should relate to temporal attitudes and experiences. Correlational data from 89 subjects on the Rotter-Mirels Locus of Control and Ricks-Epley-Wessman Temporal Experience Questionnaire scales supported the hypothesis that the reported time experiences and orientations of external control subjects would be significantly more harassed and pressured, ciscontinuous and undirected, procrastinating and inefficient, and inconsistent and changeable than those of internal control subjects. Discussion forcuses on the self-defeating cycle of disorganization and victimization experienced by individuals with an external locus of control.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013998:Time Perception