Is attribution a mediator of the relationship between locus of control and economic views? Empirical verification
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https://doi.org/10.15503/onis2024.53.71Keywords:
locus of control, causal attribution, economic views, political viewsAbstract
Aim. The purpose of the study was to test the relationships between locus of control and economic views, and to determine whether causal attribution of common economic problems is a mediator between these variables.
Methods. The study (N = 123) used three questionnaires: the KPP political views questionnaire by Czarnek, and colleagues (2017), the I-E scale by J. Rotter translated by R. Drwal (1978) - which measures locus of control, and the original questionnaire measuring causal attribution of economic problems.
Results. The results of the study show that the hypothesis of a positive correlation between internal locus of control and economic right-wingness has been confirmed. Moreover, it was shown that there is a negative correlation between internal locus of control and xenophobia, a positive correlation between individual attribution of economic problems and internal locus of control. A negative correlation of systemic explanations of economic problems with economic rightness was also shown. For the older subjects, the attribution of economic problems at random was a mediator between locus of control and acceptance of capitalism.
Conclusions. The results of the study indicate a significant relationship between the locus of control and economic views. In addition to this, they indicate a link between these variables and causal attribution of economic problems, but this only applies to older people. The study also shows a stronger relationship between locus of control and economic views, compared to cultural views.
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