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Kline, William; And Others – American Mental Health Counselors Association Journal, 1980
Reviews previous research concerning locus of control and irrational beliefs. Presents a study of females in a weight control program, who exhibited no relationships between irrationality and locus of control. Subscales of the Irrational Beliefs Test varied with program success. Use of the Internal External Locus of Control Scale is questioned.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Females, Literature Reviews, Locus of Control
Kurth, Kristie – 1987
Research has shown that girls and boys begin at equal levels of performance in mathematics and science, but that during the middle school years differences have been observed in both science achievement and science attitudes of males and females. It appears that once science becomes an option for females, they often do not select science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Hadley, Ollie B.; Andrews, James – 1978
All nine administrators at Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) were surveyed to determine their political, social, and psychological background. Three separate instruments focused on leadership style, need for authority, and locus of control. Comparisons were made to determine the extent to which leadership styles were similar and to discover…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Age, Authoritarianism