Examined the relationship of helplessness, locus of control, depression, and voluntary participation in therapy. Results confirmed the relationship between helplessness, locus of control, and depression and suggested patients with greater degrees of helplessness were less likely to take an active role in treatment. (JAC)

Compared to 16 matched nonabused peers, 16 abused Ss (8-12 years old) showed no less persistence in working for rewards, made equivalent use of contingency information to maintain persistence, and assumed equivalent responsibility for success. However, they took less responsibility for failure. (CL)

Argues that the obsession with ensuring perfection is a primary source of burnout for high school journalism teachers. (HOD)

Three experiments were conducted with college psychology students to determine whether the use of filler items in Rotter's I-E scale fulfills its stated objective of obscuring the purpose of the scale. Fillers didn't effect I-E scores, impede subjects from faking good, or obscure knowledge of the scale. (Author/DEP)

The effects of extent and kind of external control during training on later resistance to temptation were examined in preschool children. Boys transgressed significantly more quickly than girls. (ST)

This study presents reliability and validity evidence concerning a new measure of a generalized locus of control for children. Construction procedures leading to the final 40-item scale are described. (Author)

Subjects who reported that their parents used more punishing- and controlling-type behaviors were found to have greater expectations of control by powerful others, while subjects who viewed their parents as using unpredictable standards had stronger chance orientations. (ST)

Examined relationships between the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales and subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with inpatients (N=90) at a alcohol treatment unit. Significant correlations were found between dimensions of perceived locus of control and various personality characteristics. (JAC)

The responses to the Norwicki-Strickland scale of 20 unwed adolescent fathers matched with 20 nonfathers suggest that adolescent fathers are not psychologically different in their ability to control outcomes in their lives than adolescent males who have not fathered children. (Author/PN)

American undergraduate students (n = 644) completed the Rather Internality-Externality Scale and provided information on their family background. Subjects were grouped according to father absence, cause of this absence, and their age at the time this event occurred. Results indicated locus of control varied markedly as a function of these…

Investigated relationships between 155 managers' personalities (rigidity, intolerance of ambiguity, locus of control) and their leadership perceptions (initiating structure, consideration, and least preferred co-worker). Only two of the twenty-four differences between means exhibited statistical significance, providing little support for a…

The relationship of self-concept and locus of control with the achievement of 90 deaf adolescents was examined. Generally, parent hearing status and student self-concept were the most important predictors of achievement. (Author)

Argues that in order to understand how the capacity for altruism develops and comes under self-control it is necessary first to understand the nature and development of the self-control. (MP)

Locus of control scales were administered to 740 American Indian adults. Factor analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis substantiated previous findings with Blacks of a separation of personal control from ideological control. Clusters obtained with American Indians related to trust, personal control, race ideology, control ideology, and a…

Significant sex differences indicated that boys generally ate more than girls and held more internal locus of control expectancies. However, obese and normal-weighted children were not differentiated by their performance on either food-related measures nor by their locus of control expectancies. (Author/MP)