| Measure Description | Source of measure | Campis, L. K., Lyman, R. D., & Prentice-Dunn, S. (1986). The parental locus of control scale: Development and validation. Journal of clinical child psychology, 15(3), 260-267. |
| Mode of administration | Parent self-report | |
| Age range for use | Any parent | |
| Domains Assessed | The measure assesses the parent's locus of control in regard to parenting. There are five subscales: 1. parent efficacy (how effective a parent feels in his/her parenting role), 2. parent responsibility (degree to which parent feels ability to control child behaviors), 3. child control (amount parent feels life is dominated by child's needs),4. fate and chance (attitudes regarding the influence of external factors), and 5. parent control (how well parent feels he/she can control child's behavior). | |
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| Burden | Training needed to administer | Minimal staff training required. Staff need to be familiar with all items before adminstering this self-report measure. |
| Minutes to complete | 10 | |
| # of items | 48 | |
| Cost | Unclear- contact developers | |
| Adaptation for AIAN use | Adapted | No |
| Developer allows adaptation? | Contact developers | |
| Used with AIAN populations? | Yes |
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| Psychometrics | Norm-referenced | No |
| AIAN: Cronbach's alpha range | "Cronbach's alpha = 0.67. Test-retest reliability highest for self-efficacy subscale (r>0.60), moderate to low for child control (r=0.42) and parent control (r=0.49) (reported by Johns Hopkins University Center for American Indian Health). " |
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| AIAN: Evidence of validity | More information needed | |
| Other populations: Cronbach's alpha range | Campis, Lyman, and Prentice-Dunn (1986) report the scale has acceptable reliability: test-retest reliability was r = .83, and internal consistency of the total scale was .92 (Cronbach's alpha). Internal consistency of the individual subscales range from .59 to .77 (Campis et al., 1986; Lloyd & Hastings, 2009). | |
| Other populations: Evidence of validity | Campis et al. (1986) confirmed the 5-factor model of the PLOC. They also reported that the PLOC discriminates among parents who do not report difficulties in the parental role and parents who were seeking professional services for parenting. They also report that parents who were seeking professional services score higher on external locus of control. Lloyd and Hastings (2009) report that an external locus of control, as measured by the PLOC, was associated with greater maternal distress - stress, depression, and anxiety - and lower positive perceptions of the child. | |
| Source | Developer | Campis, Lyman, & Prentice-Dunn. |
| Link | Contact developers | |
| Summary | Comments about sensitivity to change | No information provided yet. |
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