title: Preliminary study of effect of decision making on locus of control among prison inmates.
abstract: To study the effect of teaching decision-making to inmates in a maximum security facility on locus of control 19 adult male inmates who were incarcerated at a community correctional center were pre- and posttested on the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. In this preliminary study there was no statistically significant difference at pretest or posttest so teaching decision-making skills in group settings versus teaching in a group combined and one-to-one contact did not affect locus of control as measured. This personality trait appears stable over time and a more thorough means of intervention is required to effect change.
authors.affiliation: School Psychology Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, 06515.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics