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Murgatroyd, Dorothy; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
The relationship between locus of control of reinforcement, perceptual style, and personality variables was investigated using a population of 133 white urban college men and women. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Perception, Personality Assessment

Haines, Phil; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Examined whether a measure of self-reported, task-specific, efficacy expectations would correspond more with persistence or locus of control. Results indicated that beliefs in locus of control were strongly related to persistence and that efficacy expectations were not as significant. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Foreign Countries