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Peer reviewedRichford, M. L.; Fortune, Jim. – Education, 1984
A sample of 225 secondary level public school principals completed a questionnaire assessing manipulativeness, job satisfaction, and locus of control. Results showed external locus of control positively associated with manipulativeness and low job satisfaction. Internal locus of control was positively related to nonmanipulativeness and high job…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Styles, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedFrase, Larry E.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Provides a teaching technique for improving instruction through awareness of the personality of the learner. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Locus of Control
Daniel, Brigid; Wassell, Sally – 2002
Noting that the protective factors that support positive development despite adversity are becoming better understood, this workbook discusses the importance of encouraging resilience in school-aged children living in challenging circumstances and shows how to evaluate resilience through the use of checklists and background information. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Change Strategies, Check Lists
Peer reviewedPadilla, Amado M.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1986
Questionnaires and personality scales were used to study the effect of generational status on stress and personality measures among 247 immigrants. The late immigrant group--immigration after age 14--experienced highest stress, lowest self-esteem, and most external locus of control. A wide discrepancy existed between late and early immigrants on…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Coping
Download full textSnyder, Mark – 1983
People tend to have both public and private selves, creating different images in their own minds, and in the minds of others. High self-monitoring individuals (SMIs), as identified through the Self Monitoring Scale, observe their public images and adapt them to produce desired effects. They tend to see themselves as pragmatic, flexible, and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Personality Traits, Psychological Characteristics, Reference Groups
Peer reviewedBrown, Duane; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Found that white leaders exhibited more internal control and attributed good outcomes to personal attributes more often than did Black leaders. Self-concept data and sex-role orientation data were not helpful in interpreting findings. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1988
Measures used at the Division of Developmental Studies at the University of Georgia in constructing a student profile (specifically, of high-risk college freshmen) are discussed. The areas measured concern: goals; learning styles; career exploration; stress and academic anxiety; developmental tasks; and locus of control. The goals checklist…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Anxiety, Career Exploration, Cognitive Style
