When something goes wrong, it’s natural to cast blame on the perceived cause of the misfortune. Where an individual casts that blame can be related, in many cases, to a psychological construct known ...

American psychologist Julian Rotter developed the concept of "locus of control" in the 1950s, describing it as "the degree to which a person perceives an outcome as being contingent on their own ...

A Test of the Construct Validity of Health Locus of Control: Effects on Self-Reported Compliance for Hypertensive Patients A Test of the Construct Validity of Health Locus of Control: Effects on ...

Health locus of control (HLoC) refers to individuals’ beliefs about the degree to which they can influence their health outcomes, distinguishing between internal, powerful-others and chance ...