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McQuillan, Julia; Stone, Rosalie A. Torres; Greil, Arthur L. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Using data from a random sample of 580 midwestern women, the authors explore the association between lifetime infertility and life satisfaction. Past research shows lower life satisfaction among those seeking help for infertility. The authors find no direct effects of lifetime infertility, regardless of perception of a problem, on life…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Racial Differences, Individual Characteristics, Family Income
Olejnik, Anthony B. – 1979
This paper applies a developmental perspective to locus of control studies. Contingency awareness established during infancy and early childhood is viewed as the basis for the development of locus of control expectancies. Expectancies of contingent reinforcement involve a cognitive component and can be viewed in Piagetian terms as the development…
Descriptors: Children, Early Experience, Environmental Influences, Individual Development