 Corresponding author: Frederick Edward T. Fabella Copyright © 2023 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0. Investigating the relationship between profile factors and locus of control of selected college students in Camarines Norte, Philippines Frederick Edward T. Fabella 1, * and Sigfredo V. Aler 2 1 FEU Roosevelt Graduate School, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines. 2 Camarines Norte State College, Daet, Camarines Norte, Bicol, Philippines. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(01), 670–678 Publication history: Received on 15 December 2022; revised on 19 January 2023; accepted on 22 January 2023 Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0133 Abstract Numerous studies have revealed that locus of control is among the significant factors that contributed to the mental health challenges faced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the theory on locus of control, it is the degree to which a person feels he has control over events of his life, which can be internal or external. Filipinos have been known to adhere to a fatalistic attitude, which can be construed as a form of external locus of control. This study sought to discover the proportion of those who possess internal or external locus of control and the profile factors that could influence this. 226 college students from various public and private colleges in Camarines Norte, Philippines volunteered to take part in this study. The Locus of Control instrument based on Rotter was used to assess the locus of control of the respondents. When grouped according to sex, parental status and romantic status, majority of the respondents possess internal locus of control. However, percentage-wise, there are more males who have internal locus of control than females, there are more respondents without romantic involvement who possess internal locus of control than those with romantic involvement and those with only one surviving parent possess the most internal locus of control followed by those with parents who are living together and lastly by those whose parents are separated. Overall, 137 respondents or 60.62% possess internal locus of control and 89 or 39.38% have external locus of control. Chi square computations between locus of control and sex, parental status and romantic status yielded no significant relationships between these variables. Keywords: Locus of Control; COVID-19; Camarines Norte; College students 1. Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic seemingly robbed the global population of a sense of control over one’s life. Any loss is followed by grief. And this has led to feelings of helplessness, depression, anxiety and even despair, which have limited productivity and the ability to relate with others [1] . In a study conducted in Ireland, it was found that the public health restrictions due to the pandemic and the respondents’ sense of control are connected and that sense of control has an influential and enduring effect on depression status in restricted conditions, even after these have been lifted [2] . Introduced over 5 decades ago, the locus of control theory contends that the extent to which people believe they are in control greatly influences their attitudes toward challenging situations, affects their resilience, and governs their choice of coping strategies. The theory further states that there exists a continuum of control from internal to external. A strong internal locus of control (LOC) gives rise to the notion that events that happen to people are a result of their own decisions and actions, despite exerting any control over them. At the opposite end of the continuum, there are individuals with a strong external locus of control and they construe events as influenced by circumstances outside of their control. People who have a strong external locus of control depend on beliefs such as luck and fate in order to give meaning to their experiences [3] .