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Peer reviewedNowicki, Stephen, Jr. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Tested the hypothesis that internals will achieve more than externals in situations where competition is preeminent but not where cooperation is requried. Children (N=300) were divided into internals and externals, placed in situations varying in competition and cooperation, and readministered digit-symbol task. The general hypothesis was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Children, Competition
Peer reviewedGordon, Donald A. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1977
An internal locus of control (LOC) orientation was significantly related to academic achievement and high self-esteem. For males, LOC was related to grade point averages and not achievement test scores, while the reverse held for females. Differential socialization of females from males might account for the lack of relationship between grades and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedBuriel, Raymond – Child Development, 1981
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Buriel, Raymond – 1980
Studies in the area of locus of control have tended to neglect the familial antecedents of this variable, particularly among ethnic minorities, and to overlook the role of teachers in the development of children's locus of control beliefs. Moreover, studies have not examined the simultaneous contribution of parents' and teachers' socialization…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Child Development, Children, Comparative Analysis
Download full textSchneewind, Klaus A. – 1975
Family socialization patterns were examined from the viewpoint of the child and the parent in terms of parental socialization practices, attitudes, and goals. Questionnaires were developed and used to collect data on the parents of about 1,300 families and the children (7-13 years old) of approximately 400 families in West Germany. Results of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Intelligence
Peer reviewedBoggiano, Ann K.; Barrett, Marty – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Examines gender differences between 60 male and 67 female third graders concerning motivational orientation for correlation with incidence of depression. Results indicate that females were more often extrinsically motivated and more often depressed than males. Males were intrinsically motivated and had fewer incidents of depression than females.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Education
Brophy, Jere E.; Rohrkemper, Mary M. – 1982
Several teacher motivation variables were examined for relationships to stategies teachers use for responding to problem students. During interviews, 98 elementary school teachers described general strategies to twelve types of problem students: (1) failure syndrome; (2) perfectionist; (3) underachiever; (4) low achiever; (5) hostile aggressive;…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Discipline, Elementary Education
