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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Psychology, Social > Internal-External Control
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Social > Internal-External Control

Preferred term

Internal-External Control  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 72

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007389

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