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Internal-External Control

Medical Definition:	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).
Guide Notes:	no qualif
Also Called:	Locus of Control
Previously Indexed:	Perception (1966-1971),Self Concept (1969-1971),Social Control, Informal (1968-1971)

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