The locus of control of subjects may be the confounding variable affecting the acceptance of motivational cues in intentional-incidental (INT-INC) learning studies, and thus the reason for conflicting results in "funneling effect" (leaning toward intentional learning as a function of motivation) experiments. 96 female college students selected for…

This study uses the concept of congruence-incongruence as a predictor of interpersonal distance for each of four different social stimuli: (1) a same-sex friend, (2) a girl that they wanted to meet, (3) an ex-mental patient and (4) a professor whose course they had failed. (Author)

High school students (N=126) responded to questionnaire measures of chronic self-esteem (CSD), task-specific self-esteem (TSSE), and locus of control of reinforcements (L of C) varied in level of task difficulty (TD). The overall relationships of TSSE and L of C with TP were each moderated significantly by TD. (Author)

This investigation examines the relationship between fifth graders' scores on Coopersmith's Self Esteem Inventory and the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by race and sex. (GO)

If the curriculum goal of a health education course is to develop healthy behavior, then the most conclusive documentation of success is to measure targeted behaviors. (MB)

Describes a study conducted to determine the individual and interaction effects of locus of control and anxiety on work task performance of educable mentally retarded adolescents. (TA)

Variables of self-esteem, locus of control, stimulus appraisal, and depressive symptoms, which are related to depression in adults, were investigated in a sample of nonreferred Grade 5 and Grade 6 children. Grade and sex effects were not significant. All other intervariable correlations were significant. (Author)

Examined the role of attributions in initial and long-term smoking behavior change. Manipulated the externality of treatment. Subjects receiving nicotine gum were superior to the intrinsic self-help group in initial cessation but were inferior in maintaining abstinence. Subjects in the intrinsic self-help group made fewer external attributions for…

Examined state anxiety, locus of control, and perceptions of the relevance and helpfulness of a college counseling center among 275 vocationally undecided college seniors. These variables, as a set, contributed significantly to discrimination between respondents and nonrespondents to vocational assistance offered from the center. Separately, only…

Personality correlations between dominant and nondominant twins were investigated. For locus of control, the correlation was nonsignificant for identical twins but significant for fraternal twins. For moral development, the correlations were significant for both types of twins. Generally speaking, the relationship between parental personality and…

Developed control enhancing interventions to increase level of perceived control and well-being of older adults living in retirement communities. Program participants (N=29) experienced significant increases in their perceived level of control and overall functioning whereas control group participants (N=34) did not. Results suggest that some…

Assigned social phobics with severe scrutiny fears to therapist-guided exposure without and including cognitive restructuring. Found the combined condition significantly more effective in endstate functioning, in increasing behavioral approach, and in decreasing self-rated avoidance. Treatment-induced changes in fear of negative evaluation,…

Examined influence of television viewing in elementary and secondary school students (N=483) using measures of self-esteem, locus of control, and earned grades. Findings showed no significant relationship between self-esteem scores or earned grades with television watching. (ABL)

Two studies examined role of self-concept dimensions of clarity, stability, and self-knowledge in career development. First study characterized major canonical root by an association between low self-monitoring and both vocational maturity components. In second study low self-monitoring and internal location of identity were related primarily to…