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Tully, Erin C.; Gray, Jackson M.; Goodman, Sherryl H.; Nowicki, Stephen, Jr. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Children who expect they can bring about good outcomes and avoid bad outcomes tend to experience more personal successes. Little is known about factors that contribute to these "control expectancies". The purpose of the present study was to determine whether children's internal control expectancies occur in the context of parents'…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Expectation, Parents, Family Environment
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Rodriguez, Raymond J.; Cavendish, Wendy – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2013
This study examined the potential role of cultural variables in the relationship between perceived family environments and levels of self-determination among students with disabilities. Participants were 190 Latino, African-American and Euro-American students with disabilities enrolled in six high schools within a large urban school district in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Disabilities