Locus of Control and its Application to Disasters.
This paper will focus upon one particular element of the psychological study of disaster - the measure locus of control - and how it impacts upon human coping with disasters of different varieties. It will be argued that, while the some of the scholarly studies remain inconclusive - given the understandable problems in conducting studies in the context of disasters - it appears that there exists a strong correlation between an internal locus of control and the human capacity to successfully prepare for, and cope with, disaster. 8 pgs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
