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Peer reviewedDesmond, Sharon M.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Adolescents' actual and perceived weights were examined in relation to why adolescents think they weigh what they do, where adolescents obtain weight control information, and adolescents' weight locus of control. Significant chi-square differences were found between weight locus of control orientations and actual and perceived weight categories.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, High Schools
Perceiving the Causes of Success and Failure in Achievement; Sex, Race, and Motivational Comparisons
Peer reviewedMurray, Saundra Rice; Mednick, Martha Tamara Shuch – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Men high and low in resultant achievement motivation related luck to outcome. High-achievement women related luck, ability, and effort to outcome, whereas low-achievement-motivated women attributed outcome to task difficulty. Implications of these findings for the understanding of sex and race differences in achievement are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Black Students, Higher Education, Locus of Control
