I am not sure what you mean by framing. If you want to assess general locus of control, most people use the original Rotter scale. If you want to assess work-specific locus of control, you can find a scale (Spector, 1987) on my website:

http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~pspector/scalepage.html

Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement: Psychological Monographs: General & Applied 80(1) 1966, 1-28.

Spector, P. E. (1988). Development of the Work Locus of Control Scale. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 61(4), 335-340. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1988.tb00470.x

Sir,

Thank you very much for your kind response .By framing , I meant , I am preparing questionnaire for correctly assessing the locus of control of young leaders ..

Regards

Thank you very much VKT Mishra for informing us that you are pursuing research in the area of locus of control of young leaders. You would like help on how to frame your questionnaire for data collection.

I think your question is very important because a questionnaire is a very common tool for data collection. You are also aware that a questionnaire form is made of a set of related research questions. There are some few issues that you may need to be familiar with when your framing research questions so that the instrument can be proved to be valid and reliable for data quality control purposes.

First, the questions for your questionnaire are directly derived from the objectives of the study especially, the specific objectives of the study or research project. The objectives are expected to be specific, measurable, achievable,realistic, and time framed or time lined - SMART.

For example, the study should define who is a youth in the country of the study. In most cases, national policies define the youth in terms of their age brackets. You also need to be clear if you are talking about particular categories of youth as opposed to the general group.

In this connection, you may talk about young women, young MPs or politicians, young entrepreneurs, young teachers, young professors, young doctors, young husbands or young wives, young soldiers, young leaders, or young drivers. You also need to make a difference between children and youth for better perceptions of the public attitudes regarding the two issues.

As your questinnaire is made of a list of questions, you will chose a formmat which is easy or simple for the respondents of the study. You need to take care of the language annd the wording of each question to make them relevant to the specific objectives of the study. They should not be too long or too many questions.

You may mix both closed ended questions, meaning a question where you provide multiple answers for the respondents to tick, underline, or ciircle as appropriate. At the same time, there are already some formats which you can pick from the internet and modify it. One of them is called, Likert Scale which provides for close ended questions which follows a statement. Try to review the Likert Scale.

For example, a statement or a question can be presented like this: Do you a youth should be a Member of Parliament? The alternative answers to a five-scale Likert Scale would be:

1 - Agree

2 Strongly Agree

3. No Opinion or Not Sure or Neutral

4- Disagree

5- Strongly Disagree

Your questions should take care of ethics, gender equality issues, cultural sensitivity, and other aspects . You may need to have some open ended questions as well. These are questions which allow people to express their own views or understanding of the issues in the questionnaire. You will need to test or pretest the sample questions with a small group of respondents in a particular area or place where your research will not be carried out.

These are some few ideas that I could share with you. Otherwise, congratulations for making progress in you research efforts.

Best regards

Wilson

I am indeed very thankful to you for your kind reply. You have taken so much effort to put it the requirements in a comprehensive manner .

Thank u