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Peer reviewedYoukilis, Hildreth D.; Bootzin, Richard R. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Examines the longitudinal relationship between internal-external locus of control and adjustment using independent measures within two dissimilar treatment environments: a traditional ward and a token economy ward. Subjects were 65 female psychiatric inpatients. (CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Emotional Adjustment, Females, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedJohnson, Richard K.; Meyer, Robert G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
The present study investigated locus of control, and performance in a biofeedback situation where the goal was to increase EEG alpha rhythm. Subjects with an internal locus of control were better able to use feedback to increase their alpha activity than external subjects. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Environmental Influences, Feedback, Females
Peer reviewedMidgley, Nina; Abrams, Marsha Stein – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
This study examines the relationship, in women, between the motive to avoid success and feelings of being controlled externally. The results suggest that achievement motivation is blocked or lowered by feelings of external control in the situation of arousal of achievement anxieties in young women. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Achievement, Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Noland, Melody Powers; Feldman, Robert H. L. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984
This investigation studied several aspects of the Exercise Behavior Model by investigating 65 college women's exercise behavior in relation to perceived control over exercise behavior, selected values, and attitudes toward physical activity. Results of this exploratory study are reported. (JMK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Exercise, Females
