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The Relation of Internal-External Control to Academic Performance

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Messer, Stanley B. – Child Development, 1972

Boys who took credit for their academic successes and girls who accepted blame for their failures were those most likely to have higher grades and higher achievement test scores. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conceptual Tempo, Data Analysis, Grade 4

Relation of Type and Onset of Father Absence to Cognitive Development

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Santrock, John W. – Child Development, 1972

While father absence due to divorce, desertion, or separation had the most negative influence in the initial 2 years of the child's life for boys and girls, father absence due to death was the most detrimental when it occurred in the 6 - 9 period of the boy's life. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis