Recompensatory Control Among College Students

In addition, a scale was developed in order to measure perceived control among college students relevant to the activities in their day to day lives. These related activities included academics, finances, social life, etc. This scale was researcher devised from our preexisting ideas surrounding compensatory control and then put forth a new application towards students. We used this researcher-devised scale in order to measure specific student life situations, which could provide them with a sense of more or less control over their own lives.
We also used predictors to forecast two different outcome criterion measures. This included system justification and also a scale, which measure patterns, endorsement/belief in an interventionist God, and the belief in conspiracy theories. System justification is defined by Jost and Banaji (1994) as the psychological processes contributing to the protection of already existing social organization even at the expense of personal and group interest. It is also interpreted that system justification is needed by individuals in order to account for unexplained or random experiences, which relates to compensatory control. It is found that sociopolitical systems (e.g. governments and universities) can serve as a …show more content…
Ultimately, our current research studied the various compensatory control mechanisms and perceived levels of control among college-aged students. These mechanisms were measured using our experimenter devised scales, which interpreted college students lives and different situations they experience, which either offer them more or less control in their lives. Our idea was that logically students may have more or less perceived control in certain situations. Therefore, when a student is experiencing feelings of less control in some area(s) of their lives, they are more likely to participate in other compensatory control