The Impact of Locus of Control on Depression Happiness among College Students

The Locus of control is possessed by a person to believe that control resides internally within them, or externally, with others or the situation. In another words, it is internal versus external control of reinforcement. Locus of control means is an individual’s person belief’s system, which the causes of his or her experiences and the circumstances to which that person individuality success or failure. This abstraction is commonly divided into two kinds internal and external. If a person has an internal locus of control, that person character success to his or her own things and capability. A person with an external locus of control, who attributes his or her success to luck or chance. Depression makes feelings of sadness and or a loss of interest in events. Happiness is considered as the positive emotions, such as pleasures, comfort, gratitude, hope and inspiration. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship if any between an individual’s locus of control (internal or external) and its impact on Depression-Happiness among the college students. The major objective of the present study was to assess the locus of control in relationship with Depression and Happiness. Rotter’s Internal-External Locus of Control Scale was used to assess the subject’s attributions (internal vs. external) and the Depression-Happiness Scale (DHS) by Joseph and Alan Lewis. Sample of (N=200) individuals (n=111) boys and (n=89) girls selected from Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample of 200 students with age ranging from 18 years to 25 years. In this scientific study the Pearson’s Product Movement Correlation method is used by the researcher. The researcher also used the t-test and ANOVA for the statistical analysis.  The study would discuss the significant difference of gender on Locus of Control and its impact on their psychological well-being such as depression and happiness among the college students.