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Katherine Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A gap in the literature exists pertaining to the impact of academic entitlement on instructor performance evaluations. This study evaluates the relationship between academic entitlement and other variables on instructor performance evaluations. Through use of Amazon Mechanical Turk, 200 United States participants who finished a college-level…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Expectation, Student Behavior, Locus of Control
Peterson, J. J.; Kelly, A.; Stockton, M. B. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2011
The purpose of the authors' study was to understand the reasons why students comply with requests instructors make and compare these reasons with instructors' perceptions of why students comply. Students and faculty at two universities completed the Interpersonal Power Inventory to assess reasons for compliance. Students were more likely to comply…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Compliance (Psychology), Teacher Attitudes, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Lee, Sang Min; Daniels, M. Harry; Puig, Ana; Newgent, Rebecca A.; Nam, Suk Kyung – Professional School Counseling, 2008
The National Educational Longitudinal Study database was used to examine the educational development of students of low socioeconomic status (SES). A path analysis was conducted to determine the effects of student background, psychological, and behavioral variables on postsecondary educational attainment of low-SES students. The results show that…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Locus of Control, Student Behavior, Educational Attainment

Taylor, Sandra E. – Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 1988
Examined verbal behavior of college students (N=46) which indicated the internal-external control construct must be more clearly studied before definitive correlates of locus of control orientation can be derived. Cautions internality should not be linked necessarily to strong inclinations toward the control of classroom situations. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Higher Education, Locus of Control

Zinser, Otto; And Others – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
College students (n=177) ranked influence they thought various factors had on their smoking behavior. Subjects ranked peers first and cigarette advertisements last as causes of starting to smoke; my decision and health education advertisements highest and peers lowest for quitting smoking. Findings suggest students perceived they had high degree…
Descriptors: Advertising, College Students, Higher Education, Locus of Control

Harcum, E. Rae – Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 1988
Explains classroom technique to demonstrate to college students that human behavior is at least partially determined by the environment, and thus can be predicted and controlled. Describes how students read one prediction which correctly anticipates usual student behavior, are given a simple request by the instructor, and then read second…
Descriptors: Behavior, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Compliance (Psychology)

Forsyth, Donelson R.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1985
The hypothesis that students who cheat will externalize the cause of this behavior was tested by contrasting the causal inferences of cheating and noncheating college students. Results supported Kelley's attributional model. Uninvolved observers also indicated that students tended to formulate self-serving attributions. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attribution Theory, Cheating, College Students

Rindskopf, Kathryn Dohrmann – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1981
The high incidence of abortion and pregnancy among college students is indicative of their increasing rate of sexual activity. College students refute the use of contraceptives for reasons which include: (1) difficulty in acknowledging oneself and others as sexual beings; and (2) shame and guilt over sexual activities. (JN)
Descriptors: Abortions, Anxiety, College Students, Contraception

Ajzen, Icek; Driver, B. L. – Journal of Leisure Research, 1992
Reports on a study involving college students who completed a questionnaire measuring involvement, moods, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavior control, and intentions concerning specific leisure activities. Reports one year later showed that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control predicted leisure intentions;…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Students, Higher Education, Leisure Time

Matthews, Denise; Schrum, Lynne – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
A multimethod exploration of undergraduates' high-speed Internet use in residence halls took a uses-and-gratifications approach and revealed Internet use as integral to students' lives. Students' negative comments about Internet distractions from academic work led to identification of an individual difference variable, internal locus of control of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Internet, Locus of Control
Froelich, Rick L. – 1996
When faced with personal success, some persons appear to become anxious and will do something to avoid or sabotage their efforts. This fear of success among university students was investigated in this study. The sampling included 210 students, 83 males and 127 females. The independent variables under consideration were locus of control, gender,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Fear of Success, Females

Johnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1988
Compared heavy and light-moderate drinking female college students along personality dimensions. Although no differences were found in social desirabiliy or locus of control, heavy drinkers possessed greater fear of failure and greater sensation seeking than did light-moderate drinkers. Results have implications for causes of problem drinking…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Drinking, Failure
Dickens, Wenda J.; Perry, Raymond P. – 1982
The concept of an individual's perception of control was applied to the classroom performance of university students. The initial approach was to use a laboratory simulation of a university classroom to explore the following: (1) whether it is possible to induce feelings of helplessness in a university classroom; (2) effects that feelings of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, College Students, Helplessness
Millman, Howard L. – 1978
Described is a program entitled "Creating a Safe Space," designed to remove consciously the major elements which contribute to college students' experiences and feelings that they are victims of extended controls. The course is described as: (1) an experience of both the removal of extended controls and evaluations and the addition of a new…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, College Students, Guides

Wheeless, Lawrence R.; And Others – Communication Education, 1987
Personal constructs of internally and externally oriented students were expected to engender different perceptions of teachers' use of behavior alteration techniques (BATs) in the classroom. Indicates that externally oriented students perceived more frequent BAT use by teachers than did internally oriented students, and that perceptions by…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Research, Higher Education
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