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Gichuru, Eutychus Ngotho – Online Submission, 2023
The purpose of this study was to see if there was a link between university entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions among student-teachers at SOED in UDSM. Objectives of the study were:(i) Determine whether university students at SOED who study university entrepreneurship education have higher entrepreneurial tendencies such as…
Descriptors: Universities, Entrepreneurship, Intention, Student Teachers
Gokalp, Murat; Mentese, Sabit; Caksilikova, Gulsara; Duran, Volkan – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship locus of control and irrational beliefs. The population of the research consisted from 179 students studying in Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University. In this study, relational scanning model was used. Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and Irrational Beliefs Scale was used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Locus of Control, Beliefs
Gadiana, Leny G.; David, Adonis P. – Online Submission, 2015
The Locus-of-Hope Scale (LHS) was developed as a measure of the locus-of-hope dimensions (Bernardo, 2010). The present study adds to the emerging literature on locus-of-hope by assessing the psychometric properties of the LHS using Rasch analysis. The results from the Rasch analyses of the four subscales of LHS provided evidence on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Locus of Control, Psychometrics
Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani – Online Submission, 2012
This study hypothesized that students' loci of control affected their language achievement. 198 (N = 198) EFL students took the Rotter's (1966) locus of control test and were classified as locus-internal (ni = 78), and locus-external (ne = 120). They then took their ordinary courses and at the end of the semester, they were given their exams.…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Grade Point Average, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kelly, Diana F. – Online Submission, 2012
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to examine the consequences of violence exposure (personal and community) on African American students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as those attending predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Further, this study sought to determine if violence exposure makes a difference…
Descriptors: African American Students, Locus of Control, College Students, Black Colleges
Bozorgi, Simin – Online Submission, 2009
The present study sponsored by Islamic Azad University of Bandar Abbas, Iran, intended to see if locus of control really affected students' language achievement. It was hypothesized that subjects' loci of controls affected their GPA's in meaningful and significant ways. The study also tried to measure the effects of students' major and their…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Grade Point Average, Cognitive Style, College Students
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2018, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Ceyhan, A. Aykut; Ceyhan, Esra – Online Submission, 2007
This research aims at examining the relationships among unethical computer usage behavior and the personality characteristics of locus of control, adjustment to social norms, antisocial tendency, and aggression on Turkish university students. The research was applied to 217 university students. Data were collected through Unethical Computer Using…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Ethics, Norms, Structural Equation Models