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Shisang Peng; Skyler T. Hawk – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: Adolescents' information management behaviors involve calibrating interactions between the self and parents, which could serve as either risk or protective factors for self-esteem. Since a sense of control over life outcomes is a protective factor for overall well-being, it might account for links between youth information management…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Late Adolescents, Mothers
Myers, Jane E. – 1990
This monograph purports that American society limits the behavior of older individuals based on the arbitrary criterion of chronological age and proposes the concept of empowerment--gaining a sense of personal power or control over over's life--as the antidote for older persons who face devalued status as they age and the for the accompanying drop…
Descriptors: Chronological Age, Individual Power, Locus of Control, Older Adults
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Berkowitz, Marvin W.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Compared 38 residents in self-help senior residence to 36 in conventional senior residences on Sheltered Care Environment Scale, Self-Esteem Inventory, and Senior Housing Questionnaire. Found that self-help residents scored significantly higher than conventional residents on control, self-esteem, and social involvement. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Environment, Housing, Individual Power, Locus of Control
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Prince, Joni E.; Arias, Ileana – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1994
Examined relationship between husbands' (n=72) violence and desired and perceived control. Identified two subgroups of men at high risk for engaging in domestic violence: men low on self-esteem, low on desirability of control, and low on perceived personal control; and men high on self-esteem, high on desirability of control, but low on perceived…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Individual Power, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control
Galambos, Nancy L.; Dixon, Roger A. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1984
The link between adolescent abuse, (both long- and short-term), psychological functioning, and locus of control orientation is explored. Maltreated adolescents experience low self-esteem, antisocial behavior, and suicidal tendencies. It is argued that locus of control orientation, deriving from home experiences may determine the extent of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Abuse, Family Relationship
Schlansker, Jill Thrift; And Others – 1983
Reported in this paper are preliminary results from a study designed to examine the development of self-esteem and mastery of mothers with infants of very low birth weight (VLBW). (The term "self-esteem" is defined as the degree of positive or negative self-regard reported by an individual, and "mastery" is defined as the…
Descriptors: Individual Power, Locus of Control, Low Income Groups, Mexican Americans
Myers, Jane E. – 1991
This digest discusses empowerment for older adults, examining the aging of the population and the adverse effects of societal attitudes toward aging on the self-esteem, locus of control, and emotional health of older adults. The Social Reconstruction Syndrome (SRS) is discussed as a model for interventions to offset the adverse effects of social…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Emotional Adjustment, Helping Relationship, Individual Power
Rothblum, Esther D.; Green, Leon – 1980
Abramson, Seligman and Teasdale's reformulated model of learned helplessness hypothesized that an attribution of causality intervenes between the perception of noncontingency and the future expectation of future noncontingency. To test this model, relationships between attribution and performance under failure, success, and control conditions were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attribution Theory, Depression (Psychology), Expectation
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Thompson, Rosemary A. – School Counselor, 1984
Compared the self-esteem of adolescent mothers (N=37) to a control group to determine whether adolescent mothers felt there was a cause-effect relationship between their behavior and future consequences. Results indicated that adolescent unwed mothers exhibit low self-esteem and high external locus of control. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Individual Power, Locus of Control
Hawkes, Brent B. – 1995
This document is a literature review discussing research on locus of control, particularly as it relates to early childhood education. Some measures of children's sense of locus of control are discussed, including the Optimism-Pessimism Test Instrument and the Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale. A discussion of how an educator's sense of…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation
Oster, G. D.; And Others – 1981
Research has found that differential attributional styles exist between depressed and nondepressed populations. Depressed (N=32) and nondepressed (N=32) undergraduate female students were selected on the basis of scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist. Participants performed a key press task where the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Females
Whitley, Bernard E., Jr.; Sweeney, Paul D. – 1981
Research has revealed linkages among sex, sex-role self-concept, self-esteem, and attributional style, suggesting that sex-role self-concept may mediate the relationship between biological sex and attributional style. Female undergraduates (N=140) completed several questionnaires, including the Bem Sex Role Inventory to determine sex-role…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Attribution Theory, Females, Femininity
Long, Samuel – 1976
In this study, individual-oriented and system-oriented models of systemic rejection among white and black adolescents are investigated. Systemic rejection is defined as attitudes of political alienation and political violence justification. Twelve hypotheses were generated and tested using survey data collected in May 1976 from a random sample of…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Expectation, High School Students
Northouse, Peter G. – 1987
Noting that loss of control is a major concern confronting patients experiencing an illness, this paper critically analyzes the research literature on control and clarifies the implications of this research for provider-patient communication. The paper first defines control, noting that the most frequently cited definition is the "locus of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping, Emotional Response