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Kearney, Maureen J.; Kearney, James F. – 1981
Since the introduction of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), many studies have attempted to relate masculine and feminine characteristics to various personality dimensions. To determine the relationship between sex-role orientation and locus of control, undergraduate students (101 females and 83 males) completed the BSRI and the Adult…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Locus of Control, Measures (Individuals), Multiple Regression Analysis
Download full textSpaner, Steven D.; Jordan, Thomas E. – 1973
This study reports an attempt to explore within a heterogeneous population the pattern of influence which selected maternal traits exert on internal locus of control at age 5 years. Information on the relevant variables was retrieved from the computer-based data bank of the St. Louis Baby Study. The maternal traits used for prediction included the…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Multiple Regression Analysis, Parent Influence
A Comparative Test of Locus on Control Measures and IQ as Predictors of Children's Task Performance.
LaVoie, Joseph C.; Adams, Gerald R. – 1975
In this study, locus of control and IQ were compared to assess the power of each as a predictor of performance on academic and non-academic tasks. Four locus of control scales: the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Scale, the Academic Achievement Accountability Questionnaire, the Rotter I-E scale, the Origin-Pawn measure and the Iowa Tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Holloway, Richard L.; Robinson, Beatrice – Improving Human Performance Quarterly, 1979
Used locus of control, ability, sex, task selection, task structure, and recall in a regression model to predict affective response to type of instruction of 104 high school seniors. Results showed a main effect for recall, and interaction effects for recall x sex and recall x ability. References are listed. (Author/JEG)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Educational Research, High School Students, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedWoodrow, Janice E. J. – Computers and Education, 1991
Describes a study of student teachers that examined determinants of achievement in a computer literacy course. Correlations with measures of computer attitudes, perceived locus of control, gender, age, and prior word processing and computer experience are discussed, and the computer literacy model on which the analysis of data was based is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Computer Literacy, Correlation
Peer reviewedGriswold, Philip A. – AEDS Journal, 1985
This study evaluated the degree to which college major (education or business) and student individual differences (sex, age, mathematics ability, and locus of control) are related to attitudes about computers. Results indicate education majors have less favorable attitudes about computers than business majors even with individual differences taken…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy
