title: Concurrent validation of the Levels of Attribution and Change (LAC) Scale.
abstract: This study examined the temporal reliability and concurrent validity of the LAC Scale, a multidimensional measure of the loci of causal attributions, in a sample of 95 college students. Test-retest coefficients for the 10 subscales averaged .78 for a 2-week interval and .70 for 4 weeks. Six of seven hypotheses related to concurrent validity were supported empirically, including predicted interrelations between the LAC and social desirability, distress severity, psychological-mindedness scores, and the expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire. It is concluded that the LAC Scale is an internally and temporally reliable instrument that possesses concurrent validity and that measures attributional dimensions largely independent of the ASQ.
authors: University of Scranton.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Norcross
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Magaletta
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010556:Personality Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D012928:Social Desirability