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Peer reviewedLieberman, Janet Joseph – Adolescence, 1981
Results from a study of 104 college students generally did not corroborate previous findings. A small, statistically significant correlation between locus of control and birth control knowledge was found, but the practical significance of the relationship was diminished because the correlation was small and other relationships tested were found to…
Descriptors: College Students, Contraception, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedTollefson, Nona; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
Study compared self-esteem and attributions of 35 learning disabled (LD) and 99 non-LD junior high school students and general attributions and task specific attributions of LD students. Concluded that LD students may verbalize desire to do well in school but fail to expend the effort necessary to complete work and, consequently, appear to be…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedHodges, Kay Kline; Brandt, David – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Describes process scales designed to rate counselor's references to locus of control and record problem-solving statements. Results indicated counselors are inconsistent in use of style and content in causality. Counselors implied that students had resources to solve problems, but provided solutions rather than allowing students to solve problems.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Counselor Attitudes, Counselors, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedFibel, Bobbi; Hale, W. Daniel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
The Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale was assessed for its psychometric properties. Results indicate that GESS has acceptable test-retest reliability, high internal consistency, and minimal relationship with social desirability. Predicted relationships between high generalized expectancy for success, depressive symptomatology, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Expectation, Generalization, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedTolman, Richard R.; Bishop, Janet L. – Journal for Special Educators, 1980
The Preschool-Primary Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (PPNSIE) was used to assess the locus of control in 359 mildly retarded secondary students. Unacceptably low reliability estimates for the PPNSIE were revealed, with IQ and age the strongest predictors of scores. (CL)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mild Mental Retardation, Psychological Testing, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedReed, Michael; Saslow, Carol – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Brief relaxation instruction alone and instructions plus electromyographic (EMG) feedback produced significant decreases in general and test-specific anxiety. EMG feedback added little to the effectiveness of relaxation instructions and practice. Relaxation instruction without EMG biofeedback shifted subjects toward a more internal locus of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Locus of Control, Pretests Posttests, Relaxation Training
Peer reviewedCircirelli, Victor G. – Journal of Gerontology, 1980
Determined how family variables related to locus of control. Elderly were given Rotter's I-E scale. After removing effects of age and socioeconomic status, in regression analysis, number of living brothers, sibling cohesiveness, and child cohesiveness accounted for eight percent of variance in locus of control, with cohesiveness related to greater…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Family Structure, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control
Harris, Robert M., Jr.; Salomone, Paul R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1981
Integrates a review of Rotter's theory with an analysis of the design and development of locus of control scales, and tests the reliability and validity of an abbreviated version of Rotter's Locus of Control Scale which provides practitioners with an instrument less confusing than other locus of control scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Counseling Effectiveness, Locus of Control, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedMunro, D. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1979
This study uses a multifactorial model of locus of control to examine the attribution of causality in Black and White students in Zambia and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedYoukilis, Hildreth D.; Bootzin, Richard R. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Examines the longitudinal relationship between internal-external locus of control and adjustment using independent measures within two dissimilar treatment environments: a traditional ward and a token economy ward. Subjects were 65 female psychiatric inpatients. (CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Emotional Adjustment, Females, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedDi Nardo, Peter A.; Raymond, Jayne B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Subjects focused attention on actual or imagined stimuli while recording intruding thoughts by pressing a button. Results showed that an internal locus of control was related to fewer intrusions than an external. Actual stimuli resulted in fewer intrusions than imagined stimuli. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedNowicki, Stephen, Jr.; Duke, Marshall – Developmental Psychology, 1979
The test developer's reply to Herzberger et al.'s allegation that the internal consistency of the Preschool and Primary Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale is not sufficiently high to justify the scale's use. (CM)
Descriptors: Children, Locus of Control, Test Bias, Test Construction
Peer reviewedOllendick, Duane G.; Ollendick, Thomas H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Measures of locus of control, intelligence, and academic achievement were administered to a sample of male juvenile delinquents. All intercorrelations among the three tests were positive and significant. However, when the effects of intelligence were partialed out, achievement did not vary significantly for different levels of locus of control.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Delinquency, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedFreeman, B. J.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1976
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedSmith-Sebasto, N. J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1995
Reports that students completing an environmental studies course displayed significant gains when compared with students not completing such a course. These gains were made in acquiring a more internally-oriented locus of control of reinforcement for environmentally responsible behavior, a higher perception of their knowledge of and skill in using…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Higher Education
