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Social distance and locus of control
Author(s) -
Heckel R. V.,
Hiers J. M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33:2<469::aid-jclp2270330229>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - locus of control , psychology , social psychology , social distance , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , disease , covid-19 , pathology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Sixty‐two undergraduate college students completed a demographic questionnaire and the Rotter I‐E Scale. They then selected their preferred seats in five seating situations that contained three, four, and five chairs in various arrangements, with one chair occupied by a stranger of the same sex, age and style of dress. Significant correlations were found between social distance (distance from stranger) and locus of control, and sex and locus of control. There was no relationship between sex and social distance, nor were demographic variables significant. Females were found to choose middle distance graphic variables significant. Females were found to choose middle distance seating, indicated by a t of 17.38, p = 0.001; males chose extreme positions.