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Peer reviewedLefcourt, Herbert M.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
The purpose of this paper is to explore this potential link between self-awareness conditions and the differential responses to various social influences that occur as a function of locus of control and field dependence. (Author)
Descriptors: Body Image, Flow Charts, Locus of Control, Personality Studies
Peer reviewedDesmond, Sharon M.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Adolescents' actual and perceived weights were examined in relation to why adolescents think they weigh what they do, where adolescents obtain weight control information, and adolescents' weight locus of control. Significant chi-square differences were found between weight locus of control orientations and actual and perceived weight categories.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, High Schools
Peer reviewedLittig, Lawrence W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Hypothesis that externally oriented Black male subjects would view themselves as more Negro in appearance than they were judged by observers was tested by comparing subjects' and observers' judgments on scale of 15 faces which changed from Negro to Caucasian. Hypothesis was contradicted in 1968 study, supported in 1975. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Blacks, Body Image, Individual Characteristics
Bergum, Judith E.; Bergum, Bruce O. – 1980
The concept of field dependence/independence is defined by the behavior patterns of individuals. Those who use predominantly internal cues when making judgments on perceptual tasks are considered field independent; those who use predominantly external cues are considered field dependent. To test whether field dependence is related to anxiety,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Body Image
