title: A revision of the Academic Locus of Control Scale for College Students.
abstract: This study presents a revision of Trice's (1985) Academic Locus of Control Scale for College Students. A principal component analysis involving 322 college students produced four factors including 21 of the original 28 items. Inspection of the seven items not included in the four-factor solution suggested that they could be eliminated on both content and technical grounds. The resulting revised scale was similar to the original scale with respect to its relations with GPA, attendance, and measures of Academic Entitlement, procrastination, depression, and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University, MSC 7401, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Ashton D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Trice
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D013334:Students