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Sources and Levels of Stress in Relation to Locus of Control and Self Esteem in University Students.

Abouserie, Reda – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of the sources and levels of stress in relation to locus of control and self-esteem among 675 British university students. Finds differences between male and female students. Maintains that students with high self-esteem are less stressed than those with low. (CFR)
Descriptors: Coping, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Flynn, Timothy M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Reports a study of 208 migrant children, three to four years of age and mostly Black, assessing school achievement and seven affective characteristics, i.e., delay of gratification, relationship with achievement model, dependency, motor inhibition, self-control, self-concept, and risk-taking. Suggests that findings of sex differences for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Black Youth, Compensatory Education