Locus of control, test anxiety, reactions to frustration, and achievement attitudes1

1964 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl C. Butterfield
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Control Test

Locus of Control, Test Anxiety, Academic Procrastination, and Achievement among College Students

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Carden ◽  
Courtney Bryant ◽  
Rebekah Moss
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Control Test ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Anxiety Test ◽  
Median Split

114 undergraduates completed the Internal–External Locus of Control scale, the Procrastination Scale, and the Achievement Anxiety Test. They also provided a self-report of their cumulative GPA. Students were divided into two groups by a median-split of 10.5, yielding an internally oriented group of 57 and an externally oriented group of 57. The former students showed significantly lower academic procrastination, debilitating test anxiety, and reported higher academic achievement than the latter.

Measuring Locus of Control in a Hospital Setting

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciporah S. Tadmor ◽  
John E. Hofman
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
External Control ◽  
Hospital Personnel ◽  
Control Test ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Perceived Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Further Development

A 6-item health locus-of-control scale was freely adapted from the well known Rotter scale of perceived locus of control to differentiate between individuals who believe that even in a hospital setting they exercise some control over decisions affecting their health and those who look for medical caregivers, doctors, nurses, and technicians to assume external control. Test-retest reliability of the measure developed was 0.81, as obtained from 26 hospital personnel. It was hypothesized that individuals higher in hospital status would be more internally oriented on the measure, i.e., physicians and nurses, than individuals lower in status, such as patients. Confirmation of the hypothesis lent construct validity to the measure and opened the way for its use and further development.

Self-Perception and Locus of Control in Visually Impaired College Students with Different Types of Vision Loss

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archie W. N. Roy ◽  
Gilbert F. MacKay
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Control Test ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Different Types

This study used the Twenty Statements Test (TST), a locus of control test, and open-ended questions to elicit responses from 16 college students who were blind or had low vision. A generally positive view of self emerged, but negative TST responses focusing on disability also occurred and sometimes were associated with deteriorating vision loss and recency of onset. Locus-of-control responses were highly external across the group.

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