Life can be especially tough for those who always seem to manifest the "wrong stuff." However, things seem to go much better for those who employ the "right stuff" instead. So we must be sure to avoid the former and stick to the latter, if we really wish to make our lives happier, rather than sadder. To achieve this end this brief paper is…

What do sports and life have in common? Well, to begin with, sports are really like a small subset (or a microcosm) of life. For example, to be successful in life (or in sports) we are required to play to our STRENGTHS, and not to our WEAKNESSES. In other words, each person in sports and in life should always seek to find POSITIVE alternatives,…

American undergraduate students (n = 644) completed the Rather Internality-Externality Scale and provided information on their family background. Subjects were grouped according to father absence, cause of this absence, and their age at the time this event occurred. Results indicated locus of control varied markedly as a function of these…

Examines whether male and female college students reared in either father-absent or intact families differ in terms of their locus of control. (CM)

Examined differences between high school students who were at risk for school failure and control group of peers. Statistically significant differences were found with respect to locus of control, self-concept, and personal styles of learning. Implications focused upon approaches and suggestions regarding use of such knowledge in facilitating…

Inventory results indicated that children's self-concepts from happy divorced family environments were not significantly correlated with their ratings of parental figures. Self-concepts of happy children from unhappy divorced families and intact families (whether happy or unhappy) were found to be generally related to their evaluations of their…