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Direct linkStainton, T.; Brown, J.; Crawford, C.; Hole, R.; Charles, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: This paper reports on some of the findings of a large-scale survey (n = 852) of family members and support staff of adults with intellectual disabilities receiving community living services in British Columbia, Canada, concentrating on comparison of outcomes across four types of community residential settings: group homes, family model…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Mental Retardation, Group Homes, Foreign Countries
Auerbach, Randy P.; Eberhart, Nicole K.; Abela, John R. Z. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The goal of the current study was to compare diathesis-stress and transactional models of cognitive vulnerability to depression in samples of Canadian (n = 118) and Chinese (n = 405) adolescents. We utilized a six-month multi-wave, longitudinal design in order to examine whether (a) perceived control moderated the association between the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Etiology, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedHaines, Phil; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Examined whether a measure of self-reported, task-specific, efficacy expectations would correspond more with persistence or locus of control. Results indicated that beliefs in locus of control were strongly related to persistence and that efficacy expectations were not as significant. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSeginer, Rachel; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Two studies compared primary and secondary control beliefs of adolescents living in modern cultures (Germans, North Americans, Jewish Israelis) with those of adolescents in cultures undergoing a transition to modernity (Malaysians, Israeli Druzes). Found that adolescents from transitional cultures endorsed secondary control beliefs to a greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
McNulty, William Brian – 1983
A study explored the agreement in occupational fields between adolescents' career aspirations and career expectations and the influence of gender, grade, and locus of control on this agreement. The reasons for occupational choice were also examined. Subjects were 500 randomly selected 8th through 12th grade students attending a secondary school in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
