The critical challenge to be met in reviving the environment is selecting political strategies and economic trade-off formulae to implement a fundamental shift in society's value preferences. It requires a bold re-thinking about innovations in social custom, economic power, and political justice, needed to build a healthier, industrial order. (BL)

Hypothesis of this study was that parents who see their child's behavior problems as outside of parental control will have a more external'' orientation than those parents who see their child's behavior problems as a consequence of their own behavior toward the child. (Authors/CB)

An investigation of the causal attributions of success and failure performances on various levels of task difficulty by 36 learning disabled and 36 nondisabled adolescents revealed that Ss' perceptions of the task difficulty levels were significant determinants of the two groups' differing causal attributions. (Author/CL)

Evidence is presented which suggests that the Student Stress Inventory (Sixth Form Version) is a reliable instrument, and it exhibits significant concurrent validity with measures of anxiety and locus of control. (Author/GC)

Research relevant to the development of internal control of altruism is reviewed, and the need for integrating the various approaches to the study of altruism into one model is noted. (MP)

Definite increases toward internal control were shown in an experimental group which experienced relaxation, suggestion, and imagery (RSI) procedures and a control group which discussed ways of modifying locus of control in a study of Rotter's concept. The experimental group's posttreatment scores on Rotter's internal-external scale were…

Measured the effectiveness of rational self-counseling in relation to college students' loci of control as an approach to the primary prevention of mental health problems. Administered pre- and posttest of Rotter's I-E scale to treatment and control groups. Findings suggest college students can learn to be more internally oriented. (Author/RC)

Forty-two male and 84 female undergraduate students completed measures for locus of control (Rotters I-E Locus of Control Scale), psychological stress (Emotionality Scale of the Pittsburgh Scales), and trust-suspicion. Results are discussed in terms of gender differences in response. (CM)

This study compared Israeli adolescents of Eastern (African-Asiatic) and Western (European-American) descent. Results confirmed the hypothesis that more internal locus of control (LOC) orientation and more relativistic moral judgment would be associated with Western patterns of socialization. No within-group relationship between LOC and moral…

Short- and long-term effects of a parent-infant training program for biologically handicapped infants was evaluated in terms of maternal locus of control. Results indicated that maternal locus of control accounted for a substantial portion of the variance in the infants' developmental gains following the program intervention period. (Author/RH)

Assessed whether low-assertive college students' locus of control orientations would differentially affect their reactions to assertiveness training procedures. Subjects improved more on all self-report and behavioral measures than placebo or no-treatment control subjects. Externals showed significantly greater generalization of treatment effects…

Examined studies that claim that internals are more successful in nondirective therapy and externals in directive therapy. Deficiencies in the design, statistical analysis, and outcome measures employed in these studies led to the conclusion that only slim support exists currently for the interaction hypothesis. (Author)

Two variables related to decision making and goal persistence, self-concept and locus of control are examined. Factor analysis and reliability data for these scales are discussed, and the use of short instruments within the context of a larger survey to examine such educational variables is explained. (Author/AL)

A total of 309 children were divided into eight groups on the basis of their Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test scores. The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control (LOC) Scale and the Children's Psychological Conservatism Scale were administered. Findings indicate a curvilinear relationship between verbal ability and the reliability of the LOC scale. (RH)

Males and females responded to self-esteem and locus of control instruments. Both sexes perceived themselves as more internally controlled than the opposite sex and credited males as higher in self-esteem when responding as they thought a member of the opposite sex would respond. (Author/RD)