James Internal-External Locus of Control Scale

Wars between countries seem inevitable despite efforts to prevent them.

Some people seem born to fail while others seem born for success no matter what they do.

I feel that many people could be described as victims of circumstances beyond their control.

I have usually found that what is going to happen will happen, regardless of my actions.

I don't believe that a person can really be a master of his fate.

There's not much use in worrying about things... what will be, will be.

It is usually true of successful people that their good breaks far outweigh their bad breaks.

Many times I feel that we might just as well make many of our decisions by flipping a coin.

Getting a good job seems to be largely a matter of being lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

A great deal that happens to me is probably just a matter of chance.

It isn't wise to plan too far ahead because most of things turn out to be a matter of good or bad fortune anyhow.

When things are going well for me I consider it due to a run of good luck.

Most people don't realize the extent to which their lives are controlled by accidental happenings.

Most of the disappointing things in my life have contained a large element of chance.

Success is mostly a matter of getting good breaks.

I think that life is mostly a gamble.

I feel that I have little influence over the way people behave.

Success in dealing with people seems to be more a matter of the other person's moods and feelings at the time rather than one's own actions.

Many times I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to me.

Sometimes I feel that I don't have enough control over the direction my life is taking.

It is difficult for ordinary people to have much control over what politicians do in office.

It seems many times that the grades one gets in school are more dependent on the teacher's whims than on what the student can really do.