Editing Locus of control (section)

===Political ideology===
Locus of control has been linked to [[political ideology]]. In the 1972 U.S. presidential election, research of college students found that those with an internal locus of control were substantially more likely to register as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], while those with an external locus of control were substantially more likely to register as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]].<ref name=pmid4814098>{{cite journal |doi=10.1037/h0035997 |pmid=4814098 |title=Locus of control and political participation of college students: A comparison of unidimensional and multidimensional approaches |journal=Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=54–58 |year=1974 |last1=Gootnick |first1=Andrew T |hdl=10150/554618 |url=https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/10150/554618/1/AZU_TD_BOX86_E9791_1973_61.pdf |hdl-access=free }}</ref> A 2011 study surveying students at [[Cameron University]] in Oklahoma found similar results,<ref>Laverghetta, Antonio. "[http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p556976_index.html The Relationship between the Big 5 Personality factors, Locus of Control, and Political Ideology]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Research Day, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, Nov 04, 2011. 2014-11-25; URL accessed 14 November 2015</ref> although these studies were limited in scope. Consistent with these findings, Kaye Sweetser (2014) found that Republicans significantly displayed greater internal locus of control than Democrats and Independents.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1177/0002764213506215 | title=Partisan Personality: The Psychological Differences Between Democrats and Republicans, and Independents Somewhere in Between| journal=American Behavioral Scientist| volume=58| issue=9| pages=1183–1194| year=2014| last1=Sweetser| first1=Kaye D.| s2cid=145674720|url=http://www.kayesweetser.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/sweetser-2014.pdf }}</ref>

Those with an internal locus of control are more likely to be of higher [[socioeconomic status]], and are more likely to be politically involved (e.g., following political news, joining a political organization)<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Cohen | first1 = A. | last2 = Vigoda | first2 = E. | last3 = Samorly | first3 = A. | year = 2001 | title = Analysis of the mediating effect of personal psychological variables on the relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation: A structural equations framework | journal = Political Psychology | volume = 22 | issue = 4| pages = 727–757 | doi=10.1111/0162-895x.00260}}</ref> Those with an internal locus of control are also more likely to vote.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Blanchard | first1 = E. | last2 = Scarboro | first2 = M. | year = 1973 | title = Locus of control and the prediction of voting behavior in college students | journal = Journal of Social Psychology | volume = 89 | issue = 1| pages = 123–129 | doi=10.1080/00224545.1973.9922576| pmid = 4694574 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Deutchman | first1 = I | year = 1985 | title = Internal-External Locus of Control, power and political participation | journal = Psychological Reports | volume = 57 | issue = 3| pages = 835–843 | doi=10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3.835| s2cid = 145050676 }}</ref>