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Peer reviewedWhitehead, James R.; Corbin, Charles B. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1988
Trial administrations of the FITLOC, multidimensional scales for the measurement of locus of control of reinforcement for physical fitness behavior, provided preliminary evidence for the scales' reliability and validity. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Physical Fitness, Reinforcement, Self Esteem
Download full textPerry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – 1983
The effects of contingency training, instructor expressiveness, and student incentives on student achievement and attributions were investigated in a simulated college classroom. The following conditions were involved: a contingency manipulation resembling an aptitude test; an instructor lecture; two levels of student incentive; and an achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Feedback, Helplessness, Higher Education
Oster, G. D.; And Others – 1981
Research has found that differential attributional styles exist between depressed and nondepressed populations. Depressed (N=32) and nondepressed (N=32) undergraduate female students were selected on the basis of scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist. Participants performed a key press task where the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Females
