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Children's Perceptions of Internal-External Control in Intellectual-Academic Situations and Their Embedded Figures Test Performance

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Crandall, Virginia C.; Lacey, Beth W. – Child Development, 1972

Study designed to reveal some of the intermediate skills which might account for the superior academic performance of children who perceive their reinforcements in those situations as caused by their own behavior (internal control). (Authors)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Measurement Instruments, Performance Factors

Predicting the Career Maturity of Undergraduates: A Comparison of Personal, Educational, and Psychological Factors.

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Luzzo, Darrell Anthony – Journal of College Student Development, 1993

Compared value of several theoretically derived personal (age and gender), educational (class standing and academic performance), and psychological (locus of control and vocational congruence) factors as predictors of undergraduates' (n=337) career maturity. Vocational congruence and academic performance emerged as two most significant predictors.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Career Choice, Congruence (Psychology)