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Locus of Control

By: Terri L. Jashinsky & Joshua Scherer
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:attribution; collectivistic cultures; expectancy theory; external controls; locus; locus of control; self-determination

Locus of control refers to an individual's overall beliefs regarding whom or what is in control over events that occur in his or her life. People may attribute their chances of success and failure to either external or internal causes. Development ...

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  Jashinsky, T., & Scherer, J. (2008). Locus of control. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1203-1205). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n402
  
  Jashinsky, Terri L., and Joshua Scherer. "Locus of Control." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1203-5. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n402.
  
  Jashinsky, T. and Scherer, J. 2008. Locus of Control. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1203-1205 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n402> [Accessed 6 May 2021].
  
  Jashinsky, Terri L. and Joshua Scherer. "Locus of Control." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1203-5. SAGE Knowledge. 6 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n402.
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