scholarly journals A Comparison of Locus of control and General English Achievement in Students of Medicine and Theology

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
English Achievement ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Successes And Failures

Locus of control refers to individuals’ orientation to attribute their successes and failures. Its effect on students’ academic achievement has scarcely been investigated within General English context. This study is aimed at exploring the difference in General English (GE) achievement between students of Medicine and Theology. It also examines the effect of locus of control (LOC) on GE achievement in these two groups of university students. University students’ General English scores serve as criteria for General English achievement. Fifty students of Medicine and fifty students of Theology participated in this study. The results of the study indicate that: (1) there is a significantly positive association between university students’ LOC and their GE achievement, (2) there is a significant difference in GE achievement between students of Medicine and Theology, and (3) there is a significant difference in LOC orientation between these two groups of university students. The results of the interviews conducted with the participants were also in line with those of the questionnaires. The findings of this study suggest that developing internal control orientation can be very constructive in getting better grades in GE courses.

Coping with stress and trait anxiety in terms of locus of control: A study with Turkish university students

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 791-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coşkun Arslan ◽  
Bülent Dilmaç ◽  
Erdal Hamarta
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
External Locus Of Control

The purpose of this study was to determine whether trait anxiety and coping with stress vary significantly according to locus of control. The study was carried out with 514 (286 female and 228 male) Turkish university students, aged between 18 and 27. It was found that average trait anxiety scores of the students with internal locus of control were significantly lower than those of the students with external locus of control and that average problem-focused coping with stress scores of the students with internal locus of control were significantly higher than those of the students with external locus of control. There was no significant difference in incidence of avoidance and seeking social support between the students with internal locus of control and those students with external locus of control.

scholarly journals Hearing Imparied Students’ Attitudes Towards Physical Education and Sports

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
İbrahim Dalbudak ◽  
ŞıhMehmet Yiğit
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Disability Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Sports Activities

In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes and opinions of hearing impaired primary school, high school, and university students towards physical education and sports lesson according to various variables.To the study, a total of 136 students (50 females and 86 males) with hearing-impairment, who are participating physical education and sports lesson in provinces of İzmir and Muğla between 2017-2018 education year, voluntarily participated.In the study, 2-part questionnaires were applied to the students. In the first part demographic features, and in the second part “Physical Education and Sports Attitude Scale” consisting of 12 positive and 12 negative items, a total of 24, which was developed by Demirhan and Altay (2001) to measure the attitudes of the students, were used. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.93; and validity coefficient of the scale as 0.83. In the analysis of the data; frequency, and percentage distributions were used and the relationship between physical education and sports attitude scores were analyzed with correlation analysis. The t-test was used to determine the difference according to gender, sporting status, and disability status in the analyses about physical education and sports attitude scores. Besides, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used to determine the difference according to educational status, branches of sports, and level of income.  The obtained data was recorded by using a programme called SPSS 22.00 in silico.In this study, attitude scale scores of the physical education and sports showed a significant difference according to gender (p<0,05). Males showed a better attitude than females. It does not show a difference according to education status (p>,05). The average scores of the primary school, high school, and university students were close to each other. It showed a difference according to hearing impaired students’ sporting status (p>,05). No significant difference was found according to students’ branches of sports (p>,05). There was no significant difference according to doing individual and team sports. It was stated that there was a significant difference according to students’ level of income (p<0,05); it showed that there was a significant difference between 500-1000 and 1000-2000, and 500-1000 and over 2000. No significant difference was found according to students’ disability status (p>,05). It shows difference according to students’ having congenital or afterward disability.According to the results of the study the participation of hearing-impaired students in physical education and sports activities; show that they qualify their leisure time doing sports and exercises, physical education and sports will provide significant benefits in my life. Allocating an important time to physical education and sports activities, they create awareness in the community, representing their country in Paralympic games show that they show a positive attitude towards physical education and sports.

scholarly journals STUDENTS ATTITUDES TOWARD BLENDED TEACHING AMONG STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Md. Mahasin Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Blended Teaching

The subject of my research is to investigate the students attitudes towards blended teaching among students of the University of Calcutta. The three purposes for which I have studied are –1.To study the attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching. 2. To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to gender. 3.To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to locality. The quantitative research method has been used for the study. The results I obtained through the self- constructed attitude scale are –There is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between male and female students of Calcutta University. And there is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between rural and urban students of Calcutta University.Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method can be acceptable to the students of College and University. Most of the students think that it will be benefited to the students if some syllabus is taught in Online Mode and some is taught in Offline Mode. Most of the students think that the students will be benefited by Blended Teaching method. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching method will benefit the teachers in teaching. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching will improve the learning of the students. Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method will make the learning environment and teaching more flexible. Some students think that many students will face with difficulties in Blended Teaching. Some students think that only the Offline Teaching is more effective than Blended Teaching in Higher Education.

Milk productivity of cows depending on their origin on genealogical line

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
M. V. Voronov ◽  
N. A. Fedoseeva ◽  
T. N. Pimkina ◽  
O. V. Gorelik
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
Milk Productivity ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Holstein Breed ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
White Breed ◽  
The Difference

The improvement of cattle of Black-and-White breed by mating of maternal stock with the sires of Holstein breed continues at the present time. Therefore, breeding in pedigree farms for the production of milk is carried out including the use of Holstein lines. The purpose of the work was to assess the milk productivity of cows of Black-and-White breed, with a high proportion of blood in Holstein breed, depending on their linear origin. In the herd of the breeding farm where the research has been carried out, the lines Reflection Sovereign 198998 and Wes Ideal 933122 occupy the dominant position in terms of the specific weight of cattle, followed by the line Montwick Chieftain 95679. The difference in milk yield between groups of cows of different lines was from 3,0 to 354 kg or 0,04 to 4,6 %. The highest milk yield was shown by the first-calf heifers of the line Wes Ideal 933122 – 7787±123,21 kg. In the milk of the first-calf heifers of the line Pabst Governor 882933 compared with herdmates of other lines the increased content of fat and protein has been noted,. The difference in the mass fraction of fat in milk was significant in favor of Pabst Governor 882933 cows (P ≤ 0,01–0,001). There was also the significant difference in the mass fraction of fat in milk between the groups of cows of the lines Montwick Chieftain 95679, Reflection Sovereign 198998 and Wes Ideal 933122 in favor of the latter at P ≤ 0,05–0,01. A definite association between milk yield and the mass fraction of fat in milk has not been established. There is a pattern of the positive association between the mass fraction of fat and the mass fraction of protein in milk and it is clearly seen that with the increase in the mass fraction of fat in milk, there is the increase in the mass fraction of protein.

Locus of Control Orientation of Obese Adolescent Girls and Children of Alcoholics in Outpatient Treatment

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1184-1186
Author(s):  
Jon K. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Outpatient Treatment ◽  
Children Of Alcoholics ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Obese Adolescent ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Control Orientation

Obese adolescents and children of alcoholics have been reported to exhibit an external locus of control orientation. Due to the perceived loss of control over personal eating behavior versus limited control over environmental circumstances, it was believed that obese adolescent girls would show greater externality than children of alcoholics. Rotter's I-E Scale was administered to 19 moderately obese adolescent girls and 10 girls who were children of alcoholics in outpatient treatment. While both groups scored within the external range of control orientation, there was no statistically significant difference between the samples. Contrary to prediction, obese adolescent girls and adolescents from alcoholic environments have similar world views on control orientation.

Mental Health and Empathy: Do Nursing Students Have Better Attitudes to Psychiatric Patients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S520-S520
Author(s):  
M. Pascucci ◽  
F. Capobianco ◽  
M. La Montagna ◽  
E. Stella ◽  
A. Ventriglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
General Population ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

BackgroundStigma towards mental illness has a major impact on the quality of life and the health care of psychiatric patients. Several studies have reported that health professionals have more negative attitudes than general population.AimsTo explore empathy and attitudes towards mental illness in nursing students (NS) and non-health university students. Our purpose is to see how NS have more empathic and less stigmatizing attitudes towards psychiatric patients, compared to other university students.MethodsWe tested 96 university students (50 NS and 46 non-health university students), with the following questionnaires anonymously filled out:– Community attitudes towards mental ill (CAMI), to evaluate the different students’ attitudes towards mental illness;– Empathy quotient (EQ), to assess empathy.ResultsNS differs from the other group in 5 items of CAMI (P < 0.05 in 3 items and P < 0.01 in 2 items), and Authoritarianism subscale (P = 0.023). This shows that NS have a greater general awareness and less stigmatizing attitudes about the need to hospitalize the mentally ill, the difference between psychiatric patients and general population, the wrong need of segregation and the real causes of mental illness. There is also a significant difference in EQ (items 6, 21, 25, 44, 59): future nurses seem to have a slightly higher empathy, even though the EQ total score does not differ in the two groups.ConclusionsThese results suggest that there is a difference with respect to the attitudes towards psychiatric patients in NS and students who do not follow health-care courses: NS have more empathetic and less stigmatizing attitudes.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students In Relation To Their Problem Solving Ability and Examination Anxiety

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Preeti Bala ◽  
Ms. Kausar Quraish Shaafiu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Relationship

With special reference to Maldives the secondary school student’s academic achievement is studied in the present study in relation to their problem solving ability and examination anxiety. In the present study descriptive survey method was used to obtain pertinent and precise information. The objectives of the study were to explore the relationship between academic achievement and examination anxiety and the relationship between academic achievement and problem solving ability. Study also evaluated the difference of female and male student’s academic achievement, problem solving ability and examination anxiety. The sample of the study consists of 200 secondary school students of Maldives. 100 males and 100 females were randomly selected to participate in the study. Two standardized questionnaire and previous years mark sheet of the participants collected as data for the research. Examination Anxiety scale and Problem Solving Ability scale were administered on 10 different secondary schools of Maldives. The study concluded that there exists no significant difference between male and female students in academic achievement, problem solving ability and examination anxiety. The study also revealed that there exists a positive correlation between academic achievement and problem solving ability and also showed that there exists a negative correlation between examination anxiety and academic achievement.

scholarly journals Research on General Self-Efficacy and Test Anxiety of Normal University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Tang ◽  
Qingmin Sun
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Normal University ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
General Self Efficacy

<p><em>The general self-efficacy scale and test anxiety scale are utilized for the questionnaire survey among 188 normal university students. The relationship between their general self-efficacy and test anxiety, the difference of general self-efficacy in gender and major, and difference of test anxiety in gender and major are discussed. The results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between general self-efficacy and test anxiety of normal college students; there is a significant difference in gender and major for general self-efficacy; there is no significant difference in gender but in major for test anxiety.</em></p>

scholarly journals Relationship between Individual Attributional Style, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control and Academic Achievement of Vytautas Magnus University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (67) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laima Ruibytė
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attribution Style ◽  
Future Aspirations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Girl Students

This study was aimed to investigate the link between students’ self-esteem, individual attribution style, locus of control and academic achievement for better understanding of students’ learning and adaptation problems. The main purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between the individual attributional style, locus of control and self-esteem, analyse, to analyze how these features of personality were related to future aspirations and how the afore-mentioned features were reflected in the academic activity of students. The tasks set for the analysis of the survey data were as follows: to identify specific features of self-esteem, locus of control and attributional style and their interrelation, analyse the link between self-esteem and future aspirations of the individual, and identify the link of self-esteem and locus of control with academic grade. Participants were 200 Vytautas Magnus University students (59 males and 141 females). For the purpose of survey we used the questionnaire of 52 items constructed by us which comprised three blocks: self-esteem, attributional style and locus of control. Self-esteem of students was measured using Rosenberg (RVS) self-esteem scale (10 statements). To determine specific features of attribution (15 questions) we used the respondents’ opinion regarding their colloquium grade (two questions) and interpretation of reasons for getting such grade (eight questions) based on B. Weiner’s model (Weiner, 1985). One question reflected the student’s expectations before the exam and one was intended to determine the student’s attribution style in foreseeing the factors predefining the future result. The scale of the locus of control (27 statements) was worked out on the basis of the Subjective Control Level (УСК) survey methods developed by the Scientific Research Institute of Bechterev and the Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI) Methods created according to the Dutch version of Spanningseter. The main conclusions are: 1. The survey results confirmed the interrelationship between self-esteem and internality (externality) — students with higher level of self-esteem have higher internality score. 2. Low and high self-esteem students explain their success using different attributional style. Boys and girls with higher level of self-esteem attached greater importance to their internal and stable features and valued unstable external factors less than low self-esteem students. 3. In addition to different interpretation of current events, students-internals and externals also had different perception of their future result. Externals more than internals were inclined to believe that their examination grade would be predetermined by external causes. 4. Subjective locus of control was linked to results and achievements of individual activities. Girl-students with relatively higher internality had better results in academic activities, i.e. their received grade than girl-students externals. The data on boys did not reflect statistically reliable link between internality and received grade. 5. Level of internality keeps growing with age. Particularly distinct is the dependence of internality upon the year of studies in which the respondents are studying. Senior girls and boys manifest higher level of internality. It seems that students’ attributions, locus of control, self-esteem and academic achievement are strongly connected and thus they have to be applied for effective teaching.Keywords: individual attribution style, self-esteem, locus of control, academic achievement.

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