A total of 57 7- and 8-year-old subjects matched on measures of socioeconomic status, locus of control, need for social approval, and self esteem were assigned to two affect conditions and one control condition. Subsequently they were exposed to a resistance-to-temptation task involving play with a forbidden toy. (GO)

Teenagers, classified according to Rotter's Locus of Control Scale, indicated whether or not and why they engaged in alcohol consumption or marijuana smoking. A higher proportion of externals drank but the groups did not generally differ in marijuana smoking behaviors. (Author/BEF)

The purpose of the study was to develop an instrument (Social Behavior Inventory) for testing children's preferences for cooperative and competitive behaviors. Most research findings suggest that internal locus of control is positively related to academic achievement and high self-esteem. (JOW)

Study of 91 White females in a southern metropolitan area tested relationship between locus of control and self-esteem and traditional/nontraditional behavior. Indicated women tending toward internality and high self-esteem exhibit nontraditional behaviors, and contrary to expectation, women tending toward externality and low self-esteem were also…

Although research has supported the relationship between locus of control and personal adjustment, many correlates of locus of control differ for males and females. Three samples of undergraduates completed the Reid-Ware Three-Factor Locus of Control Scale and either the Texas Social Behavior Inventory (N=64 males and 211 females), the Barron ego…