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| Journal of Personality… | 1 |
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| Otten, Mark W. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedOtten, Mark W. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1977
Rotter's Internal External Locus of Control Scale and Ezekiel's Personal Future Autobiography were administered to 45 freshmen and 45 graduate students. Although the two tests had negative nonsignificant correlations, both tests were positively correlated with academic achievement (specifically, graduation within five years) for the internal locus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Correlation, Graduate Students
