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Peer reviewedEhrlich, Amy B.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
This study uses the concept of congruence-incongruence as a predictor of interpersonal distance for each of four different social stimuli: (1) a same-sex friend, (2) a girl that they wanted to meet, (3) an ex-mental patient and (4) a professor whose course they had failed. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Congruence (Psychology), Distance, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedGilbert, Lucia A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
A model of psychological treatment increasing internality and regaining control over stressful environments was tested among college students. The two experiments assessed: (1) the locus of control regarding recent events and individual characteristics; and (2) the locus of control and manifest anxiety at pretreatment and posttreatment. Results…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, College Students, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedDishman, Rod K.; Steinhardt, Mary – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1990
Discusses a study that compared internal health locus of control (IHLOC) with internal exercise locus of control for predicting college students' activity. Results indicate an independent influence of IHLOC on free-living physical activity and suggest that testing adjust for fitness, barriers to physical activity, and outcome-expectancy values.…
Descriptors: College Students, Exercise, Health Promotion, Individual Power
