Internal-external control dimension as related to accident and suicide proneness

Administered a 239-item inventory consisting of Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale, Keehn's Accident Index, Farberow and Devries' MMPI Suicide scale, and Devries' Potential Suicide Personality Inventory to 235 undergraduates. Externally oriented Ss generally scored higher o...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1969-08, Vol.33 (4), p.485-494
Main Authors: Williams, Christene B, Nickels, James B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Female
Human
Humans
Male
MMPI
Perception
Personality
Reinforcement
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Safety
Suicide
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Summary:Administered a 239-item inventory consisting of Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale, Keehn's Accident Index, Farberow and Devries' MMPI Suicide scale, and Devries' Potential Suicide Personality Inventory to 235 undergraduates. Externally oriented Ss generally scored higher on the suicide potentiality scales than internally oriented Ss (with the 2 suicide scales correlating highly with each other). Scores on the accident proneness scale correlated positively with scores on both the externality and suicide potentiality scales. Possible explanations for these results are discussed. (2 p. ref.)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0027824