Studied relationships among repression-sensitization and Levenson's three dimensions of perceived contingency (internal, powerful others, and chance) in college students (N=70). Found relationship between sensitization and belief in powerful others appeared to depend on the presence of a belief in chance control. (Author/ABL)

Attempts to assess whether social learning or attributional theory best accounts for expectancies of future success in college students (N=159) with a modification of a task used by Weiner and Kukla (1970). Results indicated partial support for elements of both the social learning and attribution theories. (LLL)

Investigated the relationship between locus of control and death anxiety in 99 college students. Results indicated a significant relationship between external locus of control and concern about death, and a specific differential patterning between locus of control and death anxiety. Sex differences existed on four locus of control dimensions. (WAS)

Investigated relationship among locus of control, mental ability, self-esteem, and alienation among 50 undergraduates. Results suggest that alienation is related to external locus of control and low self-esteem. No significant association was found for mental ability and alienation. (Author/NB)

Examined social cognitive orientations of high and low self-monitoring college students (N=50) having either external or internal locus of control through analysis of social interaction patterns. Found low correlations between self-monitoring and locus of control; high self-monitors who were external maintained wide range of contacts whereas high…

Examined the way male undergraduates (N=48) evaluated an ingratiating/non-ingratiating person, particularly when the evaluations were not the target of his compliments. Results revealed that the person's ingratiating versus non-ingratiating style significantly influenced subjects' attraction and evaluation toward him. The non-ingratiating person…

Two experiments investigated the relationship between the magnitude of motivation for control over the environment and tendency to derogate victims. Manipulated situational controllability and uncontrollability within a learned helplessness procedure and assessed derogation of a victimized stranger. Results indicated that motivation and need for…

Investigated relationship between locus of control and attitude to food intake in 101 female college students. Results indicated that locus of control was unable to predict attitudes toward eating and fear of becoming overweight. Thesis that locus of control would be related to attitude toward food intake was not supported. (Author/NB)

Examined relationship between jealousy and self-esteem, insecurity, external locus of control, and sex in undergraduates (N=128) from a predominantly Black university. Determined self-esteem and insecurity accounted for 28 percent of variance in jealousy; external locus of control did not account for significant amount of variance in jealousy.…

Investigated effects of ascendancy and perceived locus of control on reactions to participative and manipulative leadership among college males, using Guilford-Zimmerman ascendancy scores and Rotter Internal-External scale scores. Results indicated that the two personality measures were associated with different reactions to the two styles of…

Investigated attitudes toward rape victims held by 144 undergraduates. Results showed that: (1) sympathy effect occurred for female victims, with both male and female raters; (2) masculine and undifferentiated raters showed sympathy effect whereas feminine and androgynous subjects did not; and (3) victims were attributed internal locus of…

Groups of about 35 subjects were given Neutral, Low and High motivating instructions before completing the Shortened Form of Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery. The results for imaging scores in all seven sensory modalities tapped by this questionnaire indicated that the instructions significantly influenced subjects' responses. (Author)

Two laboratory studies examined self- and socially caused behavior. Found that subjects who preferred socially caused behavior were more likely to choose spontaneous interactions with strangers (Study 1) and were more accurate in assessing their own influence over behavior of others in self-disclosure task (Study 2) than were those who preferred…

Investigated gender differences among first-year medical students' attitudes toward discussion-oriented behavioral science course, performance on course essay, and locus of control. Found that female students generally evaluated course more favorably than did males, and scored more externally on locus of control measure. Found no sex differences…