Who controls your happiness? Who is responsible for your income? Your attitude? Each of us has a belief about how much control we have over the things we encounter in life. We each view life either as ...

COVID-19: An unprecedented era of loss of control and uncertainty The COVID-19 pandemic is causing enormous stress for countless millions of people in all world regions. There has been no crisis of ...

Imagine you’re out walking your dog on a nice sunny morning. As you approach the intersection, you see a car attempt to make a lefthand turn, only to be hit by an oncoming car that runs the stop sign.

In 1954, psychologist Julian B. Rotter proposed the concept of locus of control. He said it contained two ends of a continuum. On one end of the continuum is the internal locus of control. On the ...

Here’s why Serena Williams likely won’t retire anytime soon: She appears to have what psychologists call internal locus of control. That is, she believes her successes and failures result from things ...