Factor analysis is widely used in psychology research now. Exploratory factor analysis is a traditional method which is effective to find out psychological rules and to apply psychological theories, it's also an important tool in the research of psychology and education. Surly, it has great use for the development of psychology. Confirmatory factor analysis is the development of exploratory factor analysis. It has no shortcoming of the first, serves the development of psychological theory and research. So it has been the most newly method in the history of factor analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis expands psychological research, can be greatly useful to the development of the psychological science.Locus of control has important effect to one's mind. As a stable character, it has been confirmed it's predictive role to one's action and other characters. And it has many achievements abroad, but it is a new major for Chinese.It is new to apply confirmatory factor analysis in the analysis of locus of control. So it is sensitive to drive the applies of the new factor analysis and search the most appropriative constract.
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