Cross-temporal meta-analyses of changes in the locus of control among Chinese college students: No changes were also a trend

IF 2.8 3区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Xiangkun Wang, Ziqiang Xin
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Abstract

Previous research has shown that the locus of control among college students in the United States has become increasingly external. However, people's locus of control may not have the same change pattern in different cultural contexts. In this study, we investigated the changes of locus of control of Chinese college students by conducting two cross-temporal meta-analyses. Study 1 was based on Rotter's locus of control scale showing that the level of external control (vs. internal control) displayed by Chinese college students underwent no significant changes between 2001 and 2019. Based on the Levenson's multidimensional locus of control scale, Study 2 found that, from 1997 to 2018, there were also no significant changes in the levels of internality, powerful others, and chance factors for Chinese college students. To the best of our knowledge, the present research is the first to demonstrate that both internal and external controls tended to be stable in the last two decades among Chinese college students. This study expands our understanding that the trend of psychological change may be self-sustaining.
中国大学生控制源变化的跨时间元分析:无变化也是一种趋势
先前的研究表明,美国大学生的控制源越来越外部化。然而,在不同的文化背景下,人们的控制源可能没有相同的变化模式。在本研究中,我们通过两项跨时间的荟萃分析来调查中国大学生的控制源的变化。研究1基于Rotter控制点量表,显示2001年至2019年间,中国大学生表现出的外部控制水平(与内部控制相比)没有显著变化。基于Levenson多维控制点量表,研究2发现,从1997年到2018年,中国大学生的内在性、强大他人和机会因素水平也没有显著变化。据我们所知,本研究首次表明,在过去二十年中,中国大学生的内部和外部控制都趋于稳定。这项研究扩展了我们的理解,即心理变化的趋势可能是自我维持的。
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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
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