CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE REVISED CAUSAL DIMENSION SCALE - A NEPALESE INVESTIGATION

The Causal Dimension Scale-II is conceptually important for research o n attributions as it taps directly the subjects' own views of the dime nsions underlying their causal ascriptions. However, this research bas ed on the responses of 120 Nepalese tertiary students to the Causal Di mension Scale-II for both success and failure outcomes indicates chat the internal consistency reliability of the External Control scale is of doubtful adequacy and that the best fit model for success outcomes combines the Locus and Personal Control scales while no adequate fit w as found for failure outcomes. It is possible that these latter findin gs may be due to cultural differences in causal attributions rather th an a deficiency in the scale's structure.