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Sarra, Sharon R.; Abar, Caitlin C. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objectives: Disordered eating behaviors are prevalent among college-age individuals. Issues of control (e.g., perceptions of control; desire for control) are often salient for these individuals. Concerns regarding control can be exacerbated during transitions. The current study examined the extent to which disordered eating behaviors in college…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes
Jenifer Lyn Duffin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This research examined self-efficacy, locus of control, age, gender, and years teaching as a predictor for teaching job satisfaction among a sample of Filipino teachers working in the USA for three years or less. The sample size consisted of 96 participants. Participants completed three surveys, Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale, Rotter's Locus of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Job Satisfaction, Teaching (Occupation)
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Türk-Kurtça, Tugba; Kocatürk, Metin – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2020
Psychological resilience is a broad concept that can be evaluated in the context of past experiences, emotional experiences and control mechanisms shaped by internal or external factors. In this study, the role of childhood traumas, emotional self-efficacy and the internal-external locus of control were investigated in predicting psychological…
Descriptors: Trauma, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables
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Armstrong, Vondra O.; Tudor, Thomas R.; Hughes, Gail D. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2021
Research on the community college student is lacking a full understanding on all the variables that may impact online course success. Researchers in this study examined the effects of student demographics, academic motivation, learning style, and locus of control on retention rates in community college online courses. A descriptive discriminant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation
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Szabo, Yvette Z.; Chang, Andrew; Chancellor-Freeland, Cheryl – College Student Journal, 2015
Previous studies have found that an individual's perception of control in a situation (Locus of Control; LOC) can serve as a protective factor that has physiological and psychological benefits. The present study examines LOC in an acute stress paradigm to examine the relationship between LOC and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning as…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Speech
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Edwards, T.; Catling, J. C.; Parry, E. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2016
Adverse life experiences have been linked with a wide range of negative outcomes. However, despite being exposed to adversity, individuals who exhibit high levels of resilience appear to be less impacted by adversity, and continue to function normally. Using self-report measures and a sample of 161 participants aged between 16 and 21, the present…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Experience
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Kayis, Ahmet Rifat; Ceyhan, Aydogan Aykut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
It is the aim of this research to investigate the achievement goals of university students. Firstly, university students' adoption levels of achievement goals are described. Next, how their level of academic self-efficacy, irrational beliefs, perfectionism, self-determination, locus of control and gender predict each achievement goal is depicted.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables
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Isik, Erkan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of vocational outcome expectation to social support which is an environmental factor and locus of control which is a personal factor. With this purpose, using Social Cognitive Career Theory as the theoretical framework, 263 undergraduate students completed Vocational Outcome Expectations…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Locus of Control, Predictor Variables, Social Cognition
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Watson, Joshua C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Over 72,000 student-athletes compete annually in athletic programs at the community college level. However, research addressing the effect of athletic participation on the psychological well-being of the community college student-athlete is sparse. This study represents an attempt to address this gap by examining the relationship among perceived…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Anxiety, Athletes, Community Colleges
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Atik, Gökhan; Güneri, Oya Yerin – School Psychology International, 2013
This study explored the roles of individual factors (age, gender, locus of control, self-esteem, and loneliness), parenting style, and academic achievement in discriminating students involved in bullying (as bullies, victims, and bully/victims) from those not involved. Participants comprised 742 middle school students (393 females, 349 males). The…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Middle School Students, Parent Role
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Brandt, Joanne; Krawczyk, Rosemary; Kalinowski, Jon – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
Two samples of Slovak women in higher education were surveyed in order to determine the extent to which organizational commitment and life satisfaction are related to personal and work-related attributes. Organizational commitment was found to be related to the work-related attributes of role conflict and role ambiguity. These work-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Females, Questionnaires
Convey, John J.; Koelle, William H. – 1981
Each item of the Rotter Locus of Control Scale and 28 of the 80 items of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale were revised because of syntax or vocabulary that were considered to be problematic for deaf adolescents. The original and modified forms of each instrument were administered to 90 deaf adolescents from four residential schools.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Deafness, Locus of Control
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Johnson, Brian D.; Stone, Gerald L.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M.; Berdahl, Laurie D. – Gerontologist, 1998
Investigates demographic and psychological predictors of 58 older adults' successful adjustment to a nursing home. Findings suggest that demographic variables were not effective predictors of successful adjustment. Perceived self-efficacy accounted for more of the unique variance in adjustment than locus of control. Discusses results in the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Demography, Locus of Control, Nursing Homes
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Dille, Brian; Mezack, Michael – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes a study that was conducted to identify predictors of high-risk students enrolled in telecourses at a community college. The use of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are explained, hypotheses tested are discussed, and demographic variables are examined. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1991
The purpose of the study described here was to determine the extent to which student teachers' performance, as assessed by their university supervisors, could be predicted from the following sets of measurements: (1) high school and college academic performance indexes; (2) self-reported attitudes, anxieties, and concerns about teaching; and (3)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Personality Measures
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