Administered Children's Depression Index to 304 elementary and secondary school students. Found that 21 percent of students reported mild to moderate levels and seven percent reported severe levels of depression. Females reported more overall depression than did males. Results suggest that females tend to internalize difficulties while males…

Evaluation of locus of control for academic achievement and correlated competencies in adaptive behavior with 17 blind or partially sighted children (ages 6-19 years) indicated that responsibility for positive intellectual achievement events correlated significantly with increased adaptive behavior scores. (Author/DB)

Examined the way male undergraduates (N=48) evaluated an ingratiating/non-ingratiating person, particularly when the evaluations were not the target of his compliments. Results revealed that the person's ingratiating versus non-ingratiating style significantly influenced subjects' attraction and evaluation toward him. The non-ingratiating person…

Examined the effectiveness of group counseling, focusing on elimination of self defeating behaviors in 60 learning disabled children. Results of pre- and posttest measures indicated that compared to controls, children in the counseling group had higher aspirations, lower anxiety, and significantly higher internal locus of control scores. (JAC)

Explores the relationship of self-concept, locus of control and self-discipline in students. Suggests possible methods and techniques for teaching self-discipline in the classroom, which can help students achieve in a humanistic educational system. (JAC)

Parents of 59 developmentally delayed preschoolers responded to questionnaires and interviews on parental stress and support, locus of control, and self-esteem. There were group differences in maternal reports of positive experience with the child, self-esteem, reported support, and relations with grandparents. With the exception of self-esteem,…

Assessed effect of parent weight and parent control versus child self-control on weight loss in obese preadolescent children over three-year period. Children of nonobese parents had significantly greater decrease in relative weight after one year than children of obese parents. At three years, there was no effect of parent weight. Locus of control…

A survey of the occupational preferences and expectations of 93 White female university seniors was conducted. As hypothesized, those with high sex-role contingency orientation--attitudes and explanations for occupational choices which reflect a primary and explicit concern with marriage and family--were found to prefer traditional occupations.…

Describes two studies that assessed the strength of the relationship between the appraisal of one's problem solving effectiveness and depressive symptomatology among college undergraduates. Results indicated that all three problem-solving dimensions were significant predictors of depressive symptoms. The depressed group appraised their…

Experiments were conducted to determine undergraduates' attributions for examination performance. A latent partition analysis of subjects' categories was performed by another group of educational psychology students. Combined attribution clusters reflected locus of control and stability dimensions. Students differentiated attribution clusters only…

Female college students were divided into four groups on the basis of achievement level (under- or over-achievement) and sex role orientation (feminine or androgynous). Results showed that women who were androgynous and high in achievement level tended to attribute their success more to ability than did the other groups. (CMG)

When elementary students' perceptions of the pupil control orientation of the school were compared with aspects of self-concept as a learner, all subtests of the Self-Concept as a Learner Scale were significantly correlated with the school's pupil control orientation. The sample comprised teachers and students in 35 midwestern elementary schools.…

This study was designed to validate subjects' classification of eleven attributions according to dimensions of locus, stability, controllability, predictability, and globality. Results indicated that subjects' dimensional assignment of five of Weiner's eight original attributions differed from Weiner's assignment. Differences existed in the…

Continuing medical education (CME) should be tailored to physicians' self-planned learning and individualized instruction. Evidence suggests that physicians engage significantly in self-initiated learning projects, so CME should be geared to assist and enhance these efforts. (SK)

Thirty-six physically handicapped children (10-14 years old) were assigned to internal and external groups based on scores on the Norwicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale. Data revealed that, despite comparable intellectual ability, internals significantly exceeded externals in teachers' ratings and arithmetic performance; differences on the…