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Peer reviewedMcClelland, Robert; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
This study, with 87 underachieving and 77 achieving gifted students in grades 6-9, found that general locus of control measures did not differentiate between the 2 groups, that both scored significantly higher on positive internal than on negative internal locus of control, and that there were no gender or grade effects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Gifted, High Achievement
