Internal-external locus of control and guilt.
This study examined the relationship between internal-external locus of control and guilt. Ss were 65 male and 137 college undergraduates who completed the Rotter I-E scale and the Mosher Hostility and Morality-Conscience Guilt Scales. Results demonstrated that internals reported a higher degree of hostility guilt than externals. Also, females expressed greater hostility and morality-conscience guilt than males.
D003242:Conscience; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors