Editing Locus of control (section)

===Organizational psychology and religion===
Other fields to which the concept has been applied include [[industrial and organizational psychology]], [[sports psychology]], [[educational psychology]] and the [[psychology of religion]]. Richard Kahoe has published work in the latter field, suggesting that intrinsic religious orientation correlates positively (and extrinsic religious orientation correlates negatively) with internal locus.{{sfn|Kahoe|1974}} Of relevance to both health psychology and the psychology of religion is the work of Holt, Clark, Kreuter and Rubio (2003) on a questionnaire to assess spiritual-health locus of control. The authors distinguished between an active spiritual-health locus of control (in which "God empowers the individual to take healthy actions"{{sfn|Holt| Clark| Kreuter| Rubio|2003|p=294}}) and a more passive spiritual-health locus of control (where health is left up to God). In [[industrial and organizational psychology]], it has been found that internals are more likely to take positive action to change their jobs (rather than merely talk about occupational change) than externals.{{sfn|Allen|Weeks|Moffitt|2005}}{{sfn|Maltby|Day |Macaskill|2007}} Locus of control relates to a wide variety of work variables, with work-specific measures relating more strongly than general measures.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Wang | first1 = Q. | last2 = Bowling | first2 = N. A. | last3 = Eschleman | first3 = K. J. | year = 2010 | title = A meta-analytic examination of work and general locus of control | journal = Journal of Applied Psychology | volume = 95 | issue = 4| pages = 761–768 | doi = 10.1037/a0017707 | pmid = 20604595 }}</ref> In Educational setting, some research has shown that students who were intrinsically motivated had processed reading material more deeply and had better academic performance than students with extrinsic motivation.<ref name="less is sometimes more">{{cite journal | doi=10.1037/0022-0663.96.4.755 | title=Less is sometimes more: Goal content matters | date=2004 | last1=Vansteenkiste | first1=Maarten | last2=Simons | first2=Joke | last3=Lens | first3=Willy | last4=Soenens | first4=Bart | last5=Matos | first5=Lennia | last6=Lacante | first6=Marlies | journal=Journal of Educational Psychology | volume=96 | issue=4 | pages=755–764 | url=https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/627446 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>