scholarly journals Gender, locus of control and smoking habits of undergraduate students

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
GE Abikoye ◽  
A Fusigboye
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Smoking Habits

Perceived uniqueness: Locus of control, social exclusion, and choice

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Shichang Liang ◽  
Yaping Chang ◽  
XueBing Dong ◽  
Jinshan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Central China ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Uniqueness Results ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the influence of locus of control on the relationship between social exclusion and preference for distinctive choices. Participants were 212 undergraduate students at a university in Central China, who completed measures of social exclusion, locus of control, choice, and perceived uniqueness. Results showed that participants who believed that the environment controlled their fate (external locus of control) preferred more distinctive choices in a social exclusion context than in a social inclusion context, whereas participants who believed that they could control the environment (internal locus of control) preferred less distinctive choices. Further, perceived uniqueness mediated the effect of social exclusion and locus of control on choice. These results add to the literature on social exclusion and personal control.

scholarly journals Psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intention

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 825-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorayah Nasip ◽  
Sharifah Rahama Amirul ◽  
Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr ◽  
Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Tolerance For Ambiguity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between individual psychological characteristics (i.e. innovativeness, locus of control, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity) and entrepreneurial intention. Design/methodology/approach A total of 676 undergraduate students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have participated in the survey. The data were analysed using partial least square technique version 2.0. Findings The results have shown that innovativeness, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity are positively related to entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students. However, locus of control is not significantly related to entrepreneurial intention. Research limitations/implications Although samples of the research are quite large, this research only involves undergraduates in UMS. Therefore, findings obtained are not generalized because the results do not include other educational institutions in Malaysia. On the implication aspect, this research might give some views among undergraduates to embark in business after graduating. Practical implications In spite of that, students should be encouraged and equipped with innovativeness, self-confidence, propensity to take risk, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity to interpret successful entrepreneurial role models and identification of business prospects for their future career. Originality/value The findings of the research may extend existing knowledge in the entrepreneurial field as well as to provide valuable information to policy maker in strengthening and redesigning suitable curriculum not only at the university level, but also in pre-school by giving entrepreneurial awareness on how this knowledge will transform us into an entrepreneurial society that can create wonders for human kind.

LOCUS OF CONTROL, MENTAL ABILITY, SELF-ESTEEM AND ALIENATION

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton de Man ◽  
Thierry Devisse
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mental Ability ◽  
External Locus ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
The Relationship

Fifty undergraduate students took part in an investigation of the relationship among locus of control, mental ability, self-esteem, and alienation. The results suggested that alienation is related to external locus of control and low self-esteem. No significant association was found for mental ability and alienation. The relationships among locus of control, mental ability, self-esteem, and the alienation subcomponents of powerlessness, normlessness, and social isolation were explored.

Habit-Specific Locus of Control Scales for Drinking, Smoking, and Eating

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Ludtke ◽  
H. G. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Coefficient Alpha ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Specific Locus ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Habit Disorders

The internal consistencies of three habit-specific locus of control scales measuring drinking, smoking, and eating behavior were evaluated using coefficient alpha. The three scales, along with Rotter's I-E scale, were administered to 202 undergraduate students. Estimates indicated the scales showed reasonably high internal consistency. Scores on the smoking and drinking scales had the lowest correlations with scores on Rotter's generalized measure. Mean drinking scale scores were lower than those for smoking and eating, suggesting that people judge drinking to be under more personal control. The implications of habit-specific expectancies, particularly with regard to habit disorders, are discussed.

Autonomy of Classroom Belief Items in Rotter's Locus of Control Scale

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 834-834
Author(s):  
Charles O. Anazonwu
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Control Scale

The independence of three paired classroom belief items (Nos. 5, 10, and 23) inRotter's I-E Scale as a possible subclass was identified in a study in which 129 men and 131 women undergraduate students ( M age = 24.3 yr.) were subjects and illustrated here by applying the ratio of internal scores per item with the total 23 I-E items.

scholarly journals Gender, College Major Selections, Classifications Within Majors, And Its Relationship With Locus Of Control: An Empirical Evidence For Counseling Educators

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tunji Jemi-Alade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Health Care Administration ◽  
College Major ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Orientation Scores ◽  
Social Reaction ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
Major Variable

To help counselors develop strategies to enhance students’ social, personal, and psychological well-being, this research provides an understanding of how students perceive their environment.  Specifically examining graduate and undergraduate students, the researcher was concerned with ascertaining the effect of the college-major variable (Business Administration versus Health Care Administration) and classification (graduate versus undergraduate) of the internal versus external Locus of Control orientations.  Employed in this investigation was a parametric procedure, which was the t-Test of independent samples.  One hundred twenty-five (125) graduate and undergraduate students were selected to participate in this empirical study.  The Social Reaction Inventory Questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding the internal versus external orientations of the college students.  The investigative instrument had a split-half reliability coefficient of .82 for the test as a whole and was deemed to have excellent construct validity.  The study concluded that Business and Health Care Administration students have similar overall Locus of Control orientation scores, graduate students have similar overall Locus of Control orientation scores, and counselors and other concerned individuals in the helping profession should be cognizant of the characteristics and traits of internally and externally oriented students.

Locus of control and entrepreneurial intention: a study in a developing economy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Arkorful ◽  
Sam Kris Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Locus Of Control

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of locus of control (internal and external) on entrepreneurial intention of final year undergraduate students in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts descriptive and cross-sectional survey designs. It also employs quantitative approach to collect the data from 300 final year undergraduate students in selected universities in Ghana. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation and hierarchical regression techniques.FindingsThe results reveal that there is a positive relationship between locus of control (both internal and external) and entrepreneurial intention. However, it is found that external locus of control has more influence on entrepreneurial intention compared to internal locus of control. In addition, gender has no controlling effect on the relationship between locus of control and entrepreneurial intention.Practical implicationsThe findings imply that entrepreneurial course contents should include topics on locus of control that will expose the students to the reality of their environments so as to learn how to take control and create opportunities out of their environments. Again, students should be encouraged and educated on how to build up personality traits such as the need for achievement, innovativeness and risk-taking, since these traits have direct impact on their locus of control which in turn impacts on their entrepreneurial intentions.Originality/valueThis study contributes to entrepreneurship literature by investigating determinants of entrepreneurial intention from a different perspective, and reveals that individuals (regardless of their gender) with external locus of control are more likely to become entrepreneurs in a developing economy.

Self-Statements, Self-Esteem, and Locus of Control in Discriminating College Students' Scores on the Beck Depression Inventory

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Madonna ◽  
Vincent D. Philpot
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Automatic Thoughts ◽  
Stepwise Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Classification Analysis

To study the use of the ratio of positive to negative self-statements, locus of control, and self-esteem in discriminating between scores on the Beck Depression Inventory 145 undergraduate college students were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Revised, Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory-Adult Form, and the Rotter Locus of Control scale in their classrooms. A stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that five variables combined to yield a statistically significant discrimination among low, middle, and high scores on the Beck Depression Inventory. The classification analysis indicated that 77.1% ( n = 111) of the undergraduate students were correctly classified; 93.2% (82 of 88) were correctly classified as low scorers and 73.3% (18 of 46) were correctly classified as high scorers.

Right-Wing Authoritarianism Relative to Traditional Western Thinking and Locus of Control

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Diakonova ◽  
Albert R. Gilgen
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Group Cohesiveness ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽  
The Right ◽  
East West ◽  
American Thought

The relationships among scores on right-wing authoritarianism, locus of control, and beliefs relative to traditional Eastern and Western thinking were examined. Eastern thinking is defined as the monistic perspective common to Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Confucianism, while Western thinking reflects the dualism intrinsic to the Judeo-Christian and ancient Greek underpinnings of European and American thought. Among 72 male and 130 female undergraduate students, women scoring high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale tended to score more Western on the East-West Questionnaire. Subjects scoring high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale, especially the men, tended to score internal on locus of control. Performance on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale could be used as a weak predictor of the scores obtained on the Locus of Control Scale. Duckitt's conceptualization of authoritarianism as an aspect of group cohesiveness served as the theoretical framework.

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