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Peer reviewedLinn, Richard T.; Hodge, Gordon K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Assessed locus of control in a group of 32 boys. Compared to normal controls, hyperactive children scored more external on locus-of-control scale. The findings indicate the value of appraising locus of control and other personality and social variables when treating the hyperactive child. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Testing, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedAchenbach, Thomas M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Reports standardization of the Child Behavior Checklist for boys aged 6-11. Analysis of CBCLs of disturbed boys yielded behavior problem scales labeled schizoid, depressed, uncommunicative, obsessive-compulsive, somatic complaints, social withdrawal, hyperactive, aggressive, and delinquent. Second-order factors are Internalizing and Externalizing.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedBhatia, Kiran; Golin, Sanford – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Locus of control subjects' incorrect responses by frustrating or nonfrustrating confederates were punished by electric shock. Data indicated increased aggression after frustration by externals and less aggression by internals. Results indicate aggression is cognitively regulated by a personality-related belief in uncontrollability; the less the…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Attribution Theory, Behavior Problems
McCanne, Lynn P. Fisher – 1984
Recent research indicates that a significant number of college-age women suffer from bulimarexia (also called the gorging-purging syndrome, the binge-purge cycle, bulimia or bulimia nervosa). To examine the relationship of three personality variables (anxiety, assertiveness, and locus of control) to eating disorders, 46 college students…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Problems, College Students
