The Multidimensional Measure of
Children’s Perceptions of Control
Cognitive Domain
7. When I do well in school, I usually can’t figure out why.
46. when I don’t do well in school, I usually can’t figure out why.
22.if I get a bad grade in school, I usually don’t understand why I got it. Powerful others control
27. when I do well in school, it’s because the teacher likes me.
3. the best way for me to get good grades is to get the teacher to like me.
18. if I have a bad teacher I won’t do well in school.
42. if I don’t have a good teacher, I won’t do well in school.
Internal control
11. if I want to do well in school, it’s up to me to do it.
35. if I want to get good grades in school, it’s up to me to do it.
14. if I don’t do well in school, it’s my own fault.
Social Domain
43. a lot of times there doesn’t seem to be any reason why somebody likes me.
19. a lot of times I don’t know why people like me.
28. when another kid doesn’t like me, I usually don’t know why.
4. if somebody doesn’t like me, I usually can’t figure out why.
Powerful others control
39. if I want my classmates to think that I am an important person, I have to be friends with the really popular kids
If I want to be an important member of my class, I have to get the popular kids to like me.
36. if the teacher doesn’t like me, I probably won’t have many friends in that class.
12. if my teacher doesn’t like me, I probably won’t be very popular with my classmates.
Internal control
47. if somebody is my friend, it is usually because of the way that I treat him/her.
23. it somebody likes me, it is usually because of the way I treat them.
8. if somebody doesn’t like me, it’s usually because of something I did.
32. if someone is mean to me, it’s usually because of something I did.