Rhee C, Gatz M
University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1993;37(2):153-61. doi: 10.2190/UARD-WGHY-P0VX-3TTD.
Age differences and attributions of age differences in locus of control orientation were examined for college students and older adults. Self-ratings and ratings of the other group by sixty college students and ninety-seven older adults were measured using Rotter's locus of control items in a Likert format. Findings showed that both age groups misattributed levels of control orientation to the other group when compared to that group's self-ratings. Older adults endorsed more internal beliefs than did college students. College students viewed older adults as more external than older adults viewed themselves, while older adults viewed college students as more internal than students' self-ratings indicated. The common perception in gerontological literature that older adults are particularly external in their locus of control beliefs may represent an erroneous attribution rather than self-reported beliefs.
对大学生和老年人的年龄差异以及控制点取向方面年龄差异的归因进行了研究。使用罗特控制点量表中的李克特式项目，对60名大学生和97名老年人的自评以及对另一组的评价进行了测量。研究结果表明，与该组的自评相比，两个年龄组都将控制点取向水平错误地归因于另一组。老年人比大学生更认同内在信念。大学生认为老年人比老年人自认为的更具外控性，而老年人认为大学生比学生自评显示的更具内控性。老年学文献中普遍认为老年人在控制点信念方面特别具有外控性，这可能代表了一种错误的归因，而非自我报告的信念。
