title: Locus of control in young men with alcoholic relatives and controls.
abstract: The perception that events are controlled by factors outside oneself was compared in 25 men at familially determined elevated risks for alcoholism and 25 controls. Mean scores on Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale were 10.4 for the at-risk men and 8.8 for the controls; there was no cut-off score which significantly differentiated the higher and lower risk groups. The present study does not support an association between perceived locus of control and future risk for alcoholism.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012306:Risk