Examines the relationship between personality, as represented by Rotter's internal versus external control of reinforcement (locus of control), and frequency of public library use by university freshmen. Review of literature, hypothesis for study, definitions (independent and dependent variables), methodology and data collection, and findings are…

This study evaluated the process of personality change in college students over the course of their freshman year. The criterion of academic success was the grade point average of the student at the end of the first and second semesters. (Author)

Internal and external subjects, who previously filled out Rotter's (1966) Internal-External scale, were asked to score the I-E scale of "another student". It was predicted that ratings of the "other" would increase in positivity to the extent the "other" scored as an interval. (Editor/RK)