A Comparison of the Factor Structure of Rotter's Internality-Externality Scale in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Young Mothers

Fifty-one disadvantaged mothers and 57 randomly selected more advantaged mothers were given Rotter's Internality-Externality Scale. The test results were factor analyzed, then subjected to a Procrustes transformation to test how closely the obtained factor structure fit that obtained by Herbert...

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Published inThe Journal of genetic psychology Vol. 130; no. 2; pp. 201 - 209
Main Authors Campbell, Frances, O'brien, Ralph, Mills, Pamela J., Ramey, Craig
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Provincetown, Mass., etc Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.1977
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Summary:Fifty-one disadvantaged mothers and 57 randomly selected more advantaged mothers were given Rotter's Internality-Externality Scale. The test results were factor analyzed, then subjected to a Procrustes transformation to test how closely the obtained factor structure fit that obtained by Herbert Mirels using data from female undergraduates. The advantaged mothers closely approximated Mirels' structure, showing the personal control and sociopolitical control factors Mirels had found. The disadvantaged mothers showed no consistent, easily interpretable factor structure. The applicability of the two factor notion to disadvantaged young women is questioned. Differences in answering the items by the two groups were analyzed and discussed.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221325.1977.10533252