Religious Locus of Control Scale – RLCS

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Children get into trouble because their parents punish them too much. (B) The trouble with most children nowadays is that their parents are too easy with them.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Many of the unhappy things in people's lives are partly due to forces of spiritual powers. (B) People's misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) One of the major reasons why we have wars is because people don't take enough interest in politics. (B) There will always be wars, no matter how hard people try to prevent them.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) In the long run people get the respect they deserve in this world. (B) Unfortunately, an individual's worth often passes unrecognized no matter how hard he tries.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) The idea that teachers are unfair to students is nonsense. (B) Most students don't realize the extent to which their grades are influenced by accidental happenings.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Without God's help, one cannot be an effective leader. (B) Capable people who fail to become leaders have not taken advantage of their opportunities.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) No matter how hard you try, some people just don't like you. (B) People who can't get others to like them don't understand how to get along with others.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Heredity plays the major role in determining one's personality. (B) It is one's experiences in life which determine what one is like.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) I have often found that what is going to happen will happen. (B) Trusting to spiritual assistance has never turned out as well for me as making a decision to take a definite course of action.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) In the case of the well-prepared student there is rarely if ever such a thing as an unfair test. (B) Many times exam questions tend to be so unrelated to course work that studying is really useless.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Becoming a success is a matter of hard work; no other powerful forces are at work. (B) Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) The average citizen can have an influence in government decisions. (B) This world is run by the few people in power, and there is not much the little guy can do about it.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) When I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work. (B) It is not always wise to plan too far ahead because many things turn out to be a matter of good or bad fortune anyhow.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) There are certain people who are just no good. (B) There is some good in everybody.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) In my case getting what I want has little or nothing to do with spiritual guidance. (B) Many times we might just as well decide what to do by relying on powerful others.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Who gets to be the boss often depends on who was fortunate enough or was chosen to be in the right place first. (B) Getting people to do the right thing depends on ability; powerful spiritual forces have little or nothing to do with it.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) As far as world affairs are concerned, most of us are the victims of forces we can neither understand nor control. (B) By taking an active part in political and social affairs, people can control world events.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Most people can't realize the extent to which their lives are controlled by supernatural happenings which man can't understand. (B) There really is no such thing as providence or fortune.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) One should always be willing to admit mistakes. (B) It is usually best to cover up one's mistakes.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) It is hard to know whether or not a person really likes you. (B) How many friends you have depends on how nice a person you are.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) In the long run the bad things that happen to us are balanced by the good ones. (B) Most misfortunes are the result of lack of ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) With enough effort we can wipe out political corruption. (B) It is difficult for people to have much control over the things politicians do in office.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Sometimes I can't understand how teachers arrive at the grades they give. (B) There is a direct connection between how hard I study and the grades I get.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) A good leader expects people to decide for themselves what they should do. (B) A good leader makes it clear to everybody what their jobs are.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Many times, I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to me. (B) It is impossible for me to believe that supernatural or spiritual forces play an important role in my life.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) People are lonely because they don't try to be friendly. (B) There's not much use in trying too hard to please people; if they like you, they like you.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) There is too much emphasis on athletics in high school. (B) Team sports are an excellent way to build character.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) What happens to me is my own doing. (B) Sometimes I feel that I don't have enough control over the direction my life is taking.

Select the statement that more closely represents your thoughts: (A) Most of the time I can't understand why politicians behave the way they do. (B) In the long run the people are responsible for bad government on a national as well as on a local level.