Preschool and Primary Internal-External Control Scale
1. Do you believe that you can stop yourself from catching a cold?
2. Do you feel that getting the teacher to like you is very important?
3. Do you have a good luck charm?
4. Are you often blamed for things that just aren’t your fault?
5. Will people like you no matter how you act?
6. If you ask for something enough‚ will you get it?
7. Do you believe that wishing can make good things happen?
8. When a kid your age decides to hit you‚ is there anything you can do to stop him or her?
9. Can you get friends to do what you want them to do?
10. Do you have a lucky number?
11. Can you get your Mommy and Daddy to do what you want to do instead of what they want to do?
12. Does whether or not Mommy and Daddy like you depend on how you act?
13. Do you always do the right things?
14. When people were mean to you‚ was it usually for no reason at all?
15. Do you ever say anything that makes somebody else feel bad?
16. When you do something wrong is there little you can do to make it right again?
17. Most of the time do you find it easy to get your own way at home?
18. Do you always wash your hands before every meal?
19. Do you sometimes feel like staying home from school even if you’re not sick?
20. Are most kids just born good at running races?
21. When somebody your age wants to be your enemy‚ is there anything you can do to make him or her like you?
22. Should your Mommy and Daddy decide what you should do?
23. Is it almost impossible to try to win a game because most of the other kids are just plain better than you are?
24. Do you sometimes tell a little lie?
25. When a person doesn’t like you is there anything you can do about it?
26. Are most of the other boys your age stronger than you are?
27. Are you the kind of child who believes that thinking about what you are going to do makes things turn out better?
28. Do you think it’s better to be smart than to be lucky?
29. Are you always polite to older people?
30. When another child hits you‚ is it usually because of something you did?
31. Do you always listen to your parents?
32. Is one of the best ways to handle a problem just not to think about it?
33. Do you ever get angry?
34. Can you make other kids like you?
Preschool and Primary Internal-External Control Scale as found in Nowicki & Duke‚ 1974.
PPNSIE questions
Can you make other kids like you?
Do you believe that you can stop yourself from catching a cold?
Do you feel that getting the teacher to like you is very important?
Do you have a good luck charm?
Are you often blamed for things that just aren’t your fault?
Will people like you no matter how you act?
If you ask for something often enough‚ will you get it?
Do you believe that wishing can make good things happen?
When a kid your age decides to hit you is there anything you can do to stop him or her?
Can you get friends to do what you want them to do?
Do you have a lucky number?
Can you get your mummy and daddy to do what you want them to do?
Does whether or not your mummy or daddy like you depend on how you act?
When people were mean to you‚ is it usually for no reason at all?
When you do something wrong is there little you can do to make it right again?
Most of the time do you find it easy to get your own way at home?
Are most kids just born good at running races?
When somebody your age wants to be your enemy‚ is there anything you can do to make him or her like you?
Should your mummy and daddy decide what you should do?
Is it almost impossible to try to win a game because most of the other kids are just plain better than you are?
When a person doesn’t like you‚ is there anything you can do about it?
Are most of the other children your age stronger than you are?
Are you the kind of child who believes that thinking about what you are going to do makes things turn out better?
Do you think it is better to be smart than lucky?
When another child hits you‚ is it usually because of something you did?
Is one of the best ways to handle a problem just not to think about it?
Questions which may be interpreted by children as duplications:
14 & 25; 1‚ 18‚ & 21; 7‚ 10‚ 16‚ & 12; 6 & 13; and 23 & 26