Internal-External Control

Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).

Year introduced: 1972

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Tree Number(s): F01.829.379

MeSH Unique ID: D007389

Entry Terms:

• Controls, Internal-External
• Internal-External Controls
• Sense of Control
• External-Internal Control
• Control, External-Internal
• Controls, External-Internal
• Locus of Control
• Control Locus

Previous Indexing:

• Perception (1966-1971)
• Self Concept (1969-1971)
• Social Control, Informal (1968-1971)

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Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychology, Social
Internal-External Control