Locus of Control Test - the question form

1. I believe that career success depends more on luck than on a person's abilities and efforts.

2. Most divorces probably happen because people are unwilling to adapt to each other.

3. Illness is a matter of chance; if you are destined to get sick, there is nothing you can do about it.

4. People end up lonely because they do not show interest in others or act in a friendly way toward them.

5. Whether my wishes come true often depends on luck.

6. It is pointless to make efforts to win other people's approval.

7. External circumstances (for example, financial security) influence family happiness at least as much as the relationship between spouses.

8. I often feel that I have little control over what happens to me.

9. In general, leadership is more effective when supervisors fully control subordinates rather than rely on their independence.

10. My grades in school depend more on chance factors (for example, the teacher’s mood) than on my own efforts.

11. When I make plans, I generally believe that I will be able to carry them out.

12. What many people consider luck or good fortune is actually the result of long, purposeful effort.

13. I think that living a healthy lifestyle helps health more than doctors and medications do.

14. If two people are not well suited to each other, then no matter how hard they try, they still will not be able to make a family life work.

15. The good things I do are usually appreciated by others.

16. Children grow up the way their parents raise them.

17. I believe that luck and fate do not play an important role in my life.

18. I try not to plan too far ahead because much depends on how circumstances turn out.

19. My grades at school depend mostly on my effort and how well prepared I am.

20. In conflicts with my parents, I more often feel that I am to blame than they are.

21. Most people’s lives depend on chance circumstances.

22. I prefer a management style that allows me to decide for myself what to do and how to do it.

23. I believe that my lifestyle is in no way a cause of my illnesses.

24. As a rule, it is mainly bad luck that prevents people from succeeding in their work.

25. Ultimately, people who live in a country are responsible for poor governance.

26. I often feel that I cannot change anything in my current family relationships.

27. If I really want to, I can win over almost anyone.

28. Young people are influenced by so many different factors that parents’ efforts to raise them are often ineffective.

29. What happens to me is of my own doing.

30. I do not particularly try to understand why those in authority over me act as they do; they know better.

31. A person who has not been successful at work probably did not put in enough effort.

32. Most of the time, I can get my family members to do what I want.

33. When troubles and failures have happened in my life, other people were more often to blame than I was.

34. It is almost always possible to avoid catching a cold if you really want to.

35. In difficult circumstances, I prefer to wait until problems resolve themselves.

36. Success is the result of hard work and depends little on chance or luck.

37. I feel that my family's happiness depends more on me than on anyone else.

38. I have always found it difficult to understand why some people like me and others do not.

39. I prefer to make decisions and act on my own rather than rely on other people’s help or on fate.

40. Unfortunately, a person’s achievements often go unrecognized, despite all their efforts.

41. In family life, there are situations that cannot be resolved even with the strongest desire.

42. Capable people who have not managed to realize their potential should blame only themselves for that.

43. Many of my successes were possible only because of other people's help.

44. Most of the failures in my life have been due to lack of ability, lack of knowledge, or laziness, and had little to do with good or bad luck.