Diskuze v psychologii 2019, 1(1):1-8 | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2019.002

The relation between locus of control and risk activities by czech adolescents

Martin DOLEJŠ, Vanda ZEMANOVÁ, Lucie VAVRYSOVÁ
Katedra psychologie FF UP, Křížkovského 10, 79 00 Olomouc, Česká republika

The article presents relations between the locus of control and the selected risk activities carried out by Czech adolescents. The research project used several psychodiagnostic methods to measure the locus of control: Locus of Control Scale Zemanová & Dolejš (SMKZD), Scale for the Assessment of Internal and External Control Beliefs (IE-4), Short Scale for the Assessment of Locus of Control (KMKB), Children's Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External control scale (CNSIE) and for the measurement of risk activities we used the scale The Scale of Risk Behaviour in Adolescents (VRCHA). The project involved 2435 boys and girls aged 11-16, attending secondary schools and multi-year grammar schools. Adolescents who have an external locus of control attribute the causality of subsequent events to the fate or to happiness or to the power of other people, not to their behaviour. The results show that the relationship between locus of control and risk behaviour is not significant. Individuals with an external locus of control, perform a little bit more often the risk activities that are dangerous in various aspects (health, mental, social, etc.). The correlation between the total score of VRCHA and SMKZD is 0.25, IE-4 is 0.24, KMKB is 0.12 and between CNSIE is 0.30.

Keywords: Locus of Control, adolescence, VRCHA, risk behavior

Received: November 19, 2018; Accepted: August 13, 2019; Published: October 1, 2019  Show citation

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DOLEJŠ M, ZEMANOVÁ V, VAVRYSOVÁ L. The relation between locus of control and risk activities by czech adolescents. Diskuze v psychologii. 2019;1(1):1-8. doi: 10.5507/dvp.2019.002.
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