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Direct linkTony, Tam Shui Kee – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
This article presents the findings of a study hypothesizing that school discipline problems are a maladaptive response to the demand of the school environment as a result of deficits in the area of locus of control and attributional style. The findings indicate that an external orientation of locus of control and a passive pattern of attribution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Discipline Problems, Locus of Control
Download full textCross, J. Logan; Hunter, Janice K. – 1984
Studies in two consecutive school years examined the value of a counseling center in raising disruptive students' self-esteem, self-concept of academic ability, and internal locus of control. In 1982-83, profile data were compiled on 120 students who entered a school district's counseling center during that year. A treatment effectiveness study,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Discipline Problems
