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Below are thirty statements that you may agree or disagree with. Using the 1 - 7 scale, indicate your agreement with each item . Please be open and honest in your responses.
No login required to obtain results. Item 1: I can usually achieve what I want if I work hard for it.
Item 2: In my personal relationships, the other person usually has more control than I do.
Item 3: By taking an active part in political and social affairs, we the people can influence world events.
Item 4: Once I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.
Item 5: I have no trouble making and keeping friends.
Item 6: The average citizen can have an influence on government decisions.
Item 7: I prefer games involving some luck over games requiring pure skill.
Item 8: I'm not good at guiding the course of a conversation with several others.
Item 9: It is difficult for us to have much control over the things politicians do in office.
Item 10: I can learn almost anything if I set my mind to it.
Item 11: I can usually develop a personal relationship with someone I find appealing.
Item 12: Bad economic conditions are caused by world events that are beyond our control.
Item 13: My major accomplishments are entirely due to my hard work and ability.
Item 14: I can usually steer a conversation toward the topics I want to talk about.
Item 15: With enough effort we can wipe out political corruption.
Item 16: I usually do not set goals because I have a hard time following through on them.
Item 17: When I need assistance with something, I often find it difficult to get others to help.
Item 18: One of the major reasons we have wars is because people don't take enough interest in politics.
Item 19: Bad luck has sometimes prevented me from achieving things.
Item 20: If there's someone I want to meet, I can usually arrange it.
Item 21: There is nothing we, as consumers, can do to keep the cost of living from going higher.
Item 22: Almost anything is possible for me if I really want it.
Item 23: I often find it hard to get my point of view across to others.
Item 24: It is impossible to have any real influence over what big businesses do.
Item 25: Most of what happens in my career is beyond my control.
Item 26: In attempting to smooth over a disagreement, I sometimes make it worse.
Item 27: I prefer to concentrate my energy on other things rather than on solving the world's problems.
Item 28: I find it pointless to keep working on something that's too difficult for me.
Item 29: I find it easy to play an important part in most group situations.
Item 30: In the long run, we the voters are responsible for bad government on a national as well as a local level.
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