Locus of Control & Attribution Style Assessment

 

Purpose: LCAST assesses whether a person believes that he or she has on impact on and can control what happens in his or her life, which can impact motivation, expectations, self-esteem, and risk-taking behavior.

 

No. of questions: 35

Question type: Situational, self-report

Estimated completion time: 10 minutes

Shorter versions of assessment: N/A

 

Report Includes:

• Summary

• Introduction

• Graphs

• Detailed narrative interpretation

• List of Strengths an Limitations

• Impression Management

• Advice

 

Factors and Scales:

Overall Score plus 8 scales, including:

• Success Orientation: Assesses whether a person attributes success to internal factors (under one’s control) or external factors (beyond one’s control).

• Success Stability: Assesses whether a person attributes success to stable or unstable factors.

• Failure Orientation: Extent to which a person attributes failures to factors within one’s control or factors beyond control.

• Failure Stability: Assesses whether a person attributes failure to stable or unstable forces.

Additional SCALES:

• Career or Academic-related

• Global Locus of Control

• Impact of Upbringing and Heredity

• Self-efficacy

 

APPLICATION:

• Pre-employment

• Personal development

• Leadership development

• Sales and customer service training