CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE IN AROUSABILITY BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCORERS ON ROTTER I-E LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE

Here we report data about the answers on the Hopkins Symptom Check Lis t for 68 students who participated in an experiment. About random half of the subjects were submitted to sham physiological measurements, th e others not. Scores on Rotter's I-E Locus of Control Scale were also available. Analysis indicated that sham physiological measurement trea tment is associated with more health complaints and more among externa l scorers on the Locus of Control Scale. These findings are interprete d as the result of increased arousal by the treatment and higher arous ability among external scorers.