LOCUS OF CONTROL, TEST ANXIETY, ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION, AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANDY GARDEN
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
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.

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.

Suicidal and Depressive Feelings among College Students

1973 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Murray
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Depressive Feelings

A questionnaire concerning their suicidal and depressive thoughts was administered to a sample of university students Over 40% had thought of killing themselves and less than 10% denied at least having felt deeply discouraged and unhappy. Religion was related to the presence of suicidal thoughts, and sex to reported frequency of such thoughts. Students were most likely to tell a friend of such thoughts, and, at a significant level, the friend was of the same sex as the respondent. Scores on locus of control, social desirability, and test anxiety measures were unrelated to suicidal and depressive thoughts. Results are compared with findings from other studies. The utility of reported depressive and suicidal thoughts as predictors of suicidal behavior is questioned.

Relationship between Locus of Control and Extraversion-Introversion in Predicting Academic Behavior

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry W. Morris ◽  
Randy L. Carden
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Academic Behavior ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
External Locus Of Control

To investigate the interactive effects of internal-external locus of control and extraversion-introversion on test-taking behavior 58 college students were assigned to four groups according to Rotter's locus of control scale and the Eysenck Personality Inventory extraversion scale. External locus of control was positively related to Neuroticism and unrelated to Extraversion, as predicted. Immediately before a course examination, worry, emotionality, and three expectancy variables were assessed, and the time spent taking the examination (test impulsiveness) was recorded. As hypothesized, internals performed better (though they were no less anxious or impulsive) than externals, and extraverts were more impulsive (though they did not perform less well) than introverts. As predicted, external extraverts tended to perform worse than other students. Neuroticism was the only significant predictor of worry and emotionality (test anxiety).

Instruction and Course Content in Sex Knowledge and Attitudes and Internal Locus of Control

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Adame
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Test ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Sex Knowledge

Scores of 297 college students from 3 different courses taught by different instructors on Lief and Reed's Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test and Levenson's Locus of Control test at Weeks 1 and 15 did not change significantly on Levenson's subscales but attitudes of students in the sexuality class changed on masturbation, abortion, and heterosexual relations. No change in knowledge was noted.

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