Locus of control is negatively correlated with and predicts subjective well-being, ranking second after self-esteem¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q2 · i2 medium
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q2 i? Locus of control correlated negatively with subjective well-being (r = -.26) and, in gradual regression, contributed 3.3% of variance after self-esteem (Beta = -.184). → Karatas 2012 q2 i2 The correlation between locus of control and subjective well-being was r = -.26, significant at p<.01. → Karatas 2012 (2)

Evidence¶

Karatas 2012¶

Karatas, Z. & Tagay, O. (2012). Self Esteem, Locus of Control and Multidimensional Perfectionism as the Predictors of Subjective Well Being. International Education Studies, 5(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p131

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Gradual (stepwise) regression analysis (Table 2, n=318) predicting subjective well-being. Locus of control entered second with R2Change of .033 and Beta = -.184; the text reports it followed self-esteem "with 3.3%" of expressed variance. No standardised effect size is printed for this step.

"this is followed by locus of control with 3.3%, perfectionism determined by others with 2.6%, perfecti onism for self with 0.8% and perfectionism for others with 0.1%, respectively"

Karatas 2012 (2)¶

q2 · i2 · associational · r2

Pearson correlation analysis (Table 1, n=318). The locus-of-control column shows "-.26**" with subjective well-being, i.e. r = -.26, significant at p<.01, indicating a negative relationship.

"Subjective well being 174.35 27.08 - .53** -.26** .09 -.13* -.13*"

Discussion¶

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Field	Value
`type`	`claim`
`id`	`locus-of-control-negatively-predicts-subjective-well-being`
`title`	`Locus of control is negatively correlated with and predicts subjective well-being, ranking second after self-esteem`
`description`	`Locus of control is negatively correlated with and predicts subjective well-being, ranking second after self-esteem`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2012`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-09-27`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `karatas-2012`, `karatas-2012-2`

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