The relationship between locus of control and academic level and sex of secondary school students

Autor: Marvin W. Boss, Maurice C. Taylor
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 14:315-322
ISSN: 0361-476X
DOI: 10.1016/0361-476x(89)90018-0
Popis: The relationships among locus of control, academic program, and sex of grade 9 secondary school students were investigated. Two hundred sixty-seven high school students from advanced, general, and basic level programs were administered the modified forms of the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children and the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. As hypothesized, students in the advanced level program were more internally controlled than either general or basic level students. As well, advanced level students were more internally responsible for their intellectual-academic failures than general level students. Sex differences as they relate to specific expectancies in intellectual achievement situations are also discussed.
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