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Wagler, Amy; Wagler, Ron – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This article reevaluates the latent structure of the Teacher Efficacy Scale using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) on a sample of preservice teachers from a public university in the U.S. Southwest. The fit of a proposed two-factor CFA model with an error correlation structure consistent with internal/ external locus of control is compared to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures, Factor Analysis
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Simmons, Catherine A.; Lehmann, Peter; Dia, David A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Exploring the relationship between parenting and women's use of violence the current study surveyed 106 mothers arrested for intimate partner violence (IPV) related crimes on parenting styles and attitudes toward when using violence against their partner is justified. Findings indicate parenting styles indicative of low belief in using physical…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Becker, Kimberly D.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Domingues, Janine; Tein, Jenn-Yun – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study tested components of a proposed model of child anxiety and examined the mediational roles of (1) maternal control behavior, (2) maternal external locus of control, and (3) child external locus of control in the association between maternal and child anxiety. Thirty-eight clinically anxious mothers and 37 nonanxious mothers participated…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Models, Path Analysis
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Shepherd, Robin-Marie; Edelman, Robert J. – College Quarterly, 2009
This is the first study to investigate the interrelationship of social anxiety with the variables anxiety, depression, locus of control, ego strength and ways of coping in a sample of university students. There were high scores of social anxiety which were related to high scores on measures of anxiety and depression, low ego strength, external…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Concept, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Moon, Se-Yeon; Na, Seung-Il – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between workplace learning and psychological variables, such as learning competency, motivation, curiosity, self-esteem and locus of control, and organizational variables, such as centralization of power, formality, merit system and communication. The studied population consisted entirely…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Business, Motivation, Centralization
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Neuman, Paul – Behavior Analyst, 2007
The topic of intention has recently received attention from behavior analysts (Hineline, 2003; Neuman, 2004). From a behavior-analytic perspective, it is important to identify the circumstances in which people utter such terms, and to identify the potential circumstances that maintain such utterances. It follows that from a behavior-analytic…
Descriptors: Intention, Behavioral Science Research, Attribution Theory, Locus of Control
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Smyth, Russell; Mishra, Vinod; Qian, Xiaolei – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This paper examines, how individual preferences for redistribution in general and redistribution to improve access to education, improve social protection for the poor, reduce income inequality and reduce unemployment depend on beliefs about what determines one's lot in life and self-assessed prospects for climbing the social ladder in urban…
Descriptors: Altruism, Income, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Marshall, Kevin; Anderson, John – Computers & Education, 2008
In this paper, we asked whether or not it matters if policy direction for embedding digital technology in education is aligned with the locus of control of curriculum reform and of teachers' professional development. We created a simple "control:choice framework" with which to analyse and compare approaches to education technology policy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Locus of Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Turner, S.; Alborz, A.; Gayle, V. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Earlier studies of young people with Down's syndrome have investigated a relatively limited range of variables which may influence their academic attainment. The relative strength of such influences and how they may vary during the school career, has also been under-researched. Aims: The aim of the paper is to identify the contemporary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coping, Parent Influence, Path Analysis
Bedel, Emine Ferda – Online Submission, 2008
The main purpose of this study was to examine early childhood education teachers' attitudes toward teaching, and their relationship to internal-external locus of control and sociotropy and autonomy orientations. The participants in this study were limited to 180 undergraduate students enrolled in early childhood education in three different…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
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Gerdes, Alyson C.; Hoza, Betsy; Arnold, L. Eugene; Pelham, William E.; Swanson, James M.; Wigal, Timothy; Jensen, Peter S. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
Possible mediators of the relation between maternal depressive symptomatology and parenting behavior were examined for 96 children with ADHD and their mothers drawn from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA) as part of an add-on investigation conducted by two of the six MTA sites. General cognitions (i.e., maternal locus of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Locus of Control, Parent Child Relationship, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Skaalvik, Einar M.; Skaalvik, Sidsel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
In this study, the authors developed and factor analyzed the Norwegian Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale. They also examined relations among teacher self-efficacy, perceived collective teacher efficacy, external control (teachers' general beliefs about limitations to what can be achieved through education), strain factors, and teacher burnout.…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
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Graffeo, Lisa Cotlar; Silvestri, Lynette – Education, 2006
Locus of Control (LOC) deals with an individual's personal attribution of successful or failure. Those with internal LOC believe that events in their lives are under their personal control while individuals with external LOC feel that their lives are dominated by the environment. The theory has been applied to achievement and health-related issues…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mental Health, Extraversion Introversion, Stress Variables
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Cohen, Miri; Fried, Georgeta – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior (CB) group intervention versus relaxation and guided imagery (RGI) group training. Method: A total of 114 early-stage breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to CB, RGI, or control groups, and instruments were completed at pre- and postintervention and 4 months later. Results:…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Fatigue (Biology), Intervention, Imagery
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Chang, Mido; Singh, Kusum; Mo, Yun – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
The study explored the relationship of self-concept and locus of control to science engagement and science achievement. Furthermore, the relationship of self variables with science engagement and science achievement was studied across ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES). The data were accessed from the 3 waves of the National…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Science Achievement, Item Response Theory, Science Education
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