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Personal History of Psychological Stress Related to Locus of Control Orientation Among College Women

Bryant, Brenda; Trockel, Jennifer F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Retrospective reports on stressful life events and a measure of internal-external locus of control orientation were analyzed. Findings indicated (a) affectively significant, recalled life stresses (preschool) were related to strong external control orientation in adulthood; and (b) recalled positive life stresses tended to be related to strong…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Emotional Experience, Females, Locus of Control

Ritchie, Richard J.; Boehm, Virginia R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
A scoreable biographical data key was developed for a group of women lower level managers, and applied to male and female managers. Showed statistical validity for both the cross-validation sample and for the samples of female and male managers. (Author)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Females, Males, Management Development

Murray, Sarah G.; And Others – 1976
According to the Theory of Work Adjustment, a relationship exists between vocational needs and developmental and concurrent experiential factors. A test of this hypothesis was conducted using self report biodata and measured vocational needs. A 211 item Biographical Information Form (BIF) and the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Biographical Inventories, Career Choice, Developmental Psychology