This study tested the hypothesis that the developmental change in the effectiveness of social reinforcement was related to changes in locus of control. A total of 145 subjects in grades 3, 4, 6, and 7 responded to the Children's Locus of Control Scale and to a simple game of measuring the effectiveness of either praise connoting or information…

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the reported relationship between IE scores and self-reported anxiety would be found when a nonobtrusive measure of aniety was employed. (Author)

Two instruments concerned with the locus of control variable, Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control scale and Coan's Personal Opinion Survey are compared to see how each could predict political participation of a newly enfranchised college population in a presidential election year. Different theoretical approaches of the scales are…

Rotters' internal external scale failed to demonstrate adequate degrees of interval consistency for Blacks. The unreliability of the dimension among Blacks was pervasive. Such unrealiability was specific to Blacks: there was satisfactory internal consistency for Anglos and Chicanos. The theoretical and methodological implications of these findings…

Lefcourt and Telegdi's concepts of congruence and incongruence between perceptual skills and expectancies were studied. (Author)

Affective development was investigated in 81 learning disabled (LD) and 81 normal achieving (control) children in grades 3-6. The Students' Perception of Ability Scale and the Projected Academic Performance Scale were used to assess academic self-concept and future achievement expectations. Academic locus of control was tapped by the Intellectual…

Persistence at learning digit spans and goal setting was measured in 20 internal locus of control boys and 20 external locus of control boys from a sixth grade rural low SES sample. (BRT)

Explores the relative effects of various types of rewards on children's intrinsic motivation. Subjects were 60 preschool and elementary school children. (MP)

An illegal alien tells the story of some two to four million people who come to the United States seeking success, seeking happiness, seeking an equality they could not find in their own countries, but who find loneliness and fear. (NQ)

American women softball players were significantly more internally oriented than were their Dutch counterparts. (MM)

Students who feel they have some control over what happens to them may make greater gains in reading achievement. Methods to promote this behavior in the reading classroom are described. (MKM)

Internal and external subjects, who previously filled out Rotter's (1966) Internal-External scale, were asked to score the I-E scale of "another student". It was predicted that ratings of the "other" would increase in positivity to the extent the "other" scored as an interval. (Editor/RK)

Investigated measurement characteristics of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales when the scales are used with elementary school children. The MHLC scales were administered to 876 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Results from four analyses of data strongly support the reliability and factorial validity of the revised MHLC…

Refers to the literature showing that marital commitment is affected by love/caring and positive conflict resolution. Examines whether additional factors stemming from recent gender-based changes might affect the nature of the marital bond: gender role preferences, religious devoutness, and locus of control in marriage. Presents theoretical…