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Peer reviewedCarver, Charles S. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Gender differences in resistance to stress are not rooted in recognition of coercive elements, but in differences in responding to coercive elements. Type As are particularly sensitive to threats to personal control. The critical difference may be in the frequency rather than the intensity of the stress. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Motivation, Personality Assessment, Persuasive Discourse
Download full textDaly, Daniel C.; Abramson, Edward E. – 1987
Research examining alcohol consumption by using Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale has reported conflicting results, possibly related to comparisons of clinical groups of alcoholics with nonclinical light drinkers or to an overuse of correlational statistics and a lack of appropriate controls. This study sampled a wide range of ages…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcoholic Beverages, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns
