Julian Rotter's [3] locus of control formulation
classified generalized beliefs concerning who or what
influences thing along a bipolar dimension from internal
to external control: "Internal control" is the term used to
describe the belief that control for future outcomes
resides primarily in oneself while "external control"
refers to the expectancy that control is outside of
oneself, either in the hands of powerful other people or
due to fate/chance. Locus of control:refers to how much
one feels in control of his or her environment that is the
extant to which he or she believes that his of her
behavior influences outcomes [4].