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Watson, Stevie – College Student Journal, 2009
This study examined attitudinal and behavioral differences between internal and external locus of control (LOC) consumers on credit card misuse, the importance of money, and compulsive buying. Using multiple analysis of variance and separate analyses of variance, internal LOC consumers were found to have lower scores on credit card misuse and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Credit (Finance), Statistical Analysis, Money Management
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Breeding, R. Richard – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Consumer empowerment in rehabilitation counseling has been conceptualized as a function of informed choice and self-determination and has been linked to the concepts of self-efficacy and locus of control, among other variables. Self-understanding in relation to environmental opportunities represents an important underlying component of such…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Empowerment, Locus of Control, Self Efficacy
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Alp, Elvan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Tekkaya, Ceren; Yilmaz, Ayhan – Environmental Education Research, 2008
This study investigated elementary school students' environmental knowledge and attitudes, the effects of sociodemographic variables on environmental knowledge and attitudes, and how self-reported environmentally friendly behaviour is related to environmental knowledge, behavioural intentions, environmental affects, and the students' locus of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education
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Brown, Michael B.; Aoshima, Megumi; Bolen, Larry M.; Chia, Rosina; Kohyama, Takaya – School Psychology International, 2007
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between approaches to learning and locus of control of students from the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. The results show that students from the USA utilized more rote memory learning compared to students from Japan and Taiwan, while students from Japan were more likely to be "Achieving"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Mapping, Locus of Control, Cultural Traits