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Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; Powers, Charles B. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Applied life-span construct model by administering life drawing to 78 older women. Quantitative findings indicated that more positively adjusted women maintained external locus of control, were future oriented, and defined life-span in terms of family. Qualitative data revealed that women who described their lives in positive terms were those who…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Females, Freehand Drawing, Life Satisfaction
Lykes, M. Brinton; And Others – 1981
Previous research has suggested that Rotter's concept of locus of control is significantly related to a variety of attitudes and behaviors. To study the effects of sex, race, and social class differences, a projective measure of locus of control was developed to explore the relationship between control orientation and career aspirations for 432…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Locus of Control, Occupational Aspiration
Huckel, Lorraine H.; Velicer, Wayne F. – 1985
The Attribution Style Questionnaire (ASQ) is a short (36-item) objective inventory which assesses cognitions regarding responsibility for bad and good outcomes relevant to cognitive models of depression. Three alternative scoring systems have been proposed; no scoring system has been empirically verified. Convergent and discriminant validity have…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education