Locus of control and self-reported psychopathology among Native Americans

For 53 Native American college students positive, moderate Pearson correlation  coefficients were found for scores on the Nowicki-Strickland Internal Locus of Control Scale and the anxiety and depression subscales and the Global Severity Index from the Brief Symptom Inventory. These findings, in contrast to previous research with black college men, suggest a relationship between locus of control and self-reported psycho-pathology for a sample of nonwhite participants.