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Peer reviewedPiechowski, Mary; Millimet, C. Raymond – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
For externals, any variability in the reinforcing behavior of the "teacher" resulted in greater perceived freedom. For internals, perceived freedom was a negative linear function of the amount of reinforcement. Greater freedom was attributed to a person whose behavior was perceived as congruent with the person's inner disposition.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Peer Evaluation, Perception
Peer reviewedGodin, Gaston; Kok, Gerjo – American Journal of Health Promotion, 1996
The literature review discussed here located 56 studies examining 87 behaviors that predicted future health-related behaviors using the theory of planned behavior. About 41% of variance in intentions and 34% of variance in future behavior were explained by the theory. Perceived behavioral control explained 11.5% of variance in behavior above…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Standards, Behavior Theories, Health Behavior
Peer reviewedPorter, Chebon A.; Long, Patricia J. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1999
A sample of 84 college women retrospectively reporting childhood sexual abuse and 285 women failing to report such a history participated in a study designed to investigate the relationship between victimization history and locus of control and the role of locus of control in predicting the adjustment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Anxiety, Child Abuse
