scholarly journals Effects of a Vocational Horticulture Program on the Self-development of Female Inmates

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie M. Migura ◽  
L.A. Whittlesey ◽  
J.M. Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Inmates ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Master Gardener ◽  
Alcohol Abusers ◽  
Global Life Satisfaction ◽  
Self Development ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
And Control

The main objective of this study was to determine the effects of a vocational horticulture program on the self-development of female inmates in a federal prison camp (FPC) in Bryan, Texas. Subjects were sampled from the inmate population of FPC-Bryan and assigned to two groups. Group A was comprised of 36 inmates participating in the Master Gardener program and Group B, the control group, was comprised of 26 inmates who were not participants in the Master Gardener program. A confidential 55-item survey was administered in a pretest-posttest fashion and contained questions from Rotter's (1966) Internal-External Control of Reinforcement Scale and the Multidimensional IE Scale (Gurin et al., 1969), Pugh's (1992) Prison Locus of Control Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985). No significant differences were found between the pre- or post-tests of the Master Gardener and control groups. In addition, no significant differences were found for generalized internal-external locus of control and situation specific internal-external locus of control when pretest and posttest mean scores were compared within each group. However, Master Gardener and control participants significantly increased their self-esteem and global life satisfaction scores between the pre- and post-tests. Due to the high occurrence of research subjects reporting a history of drug or alcohol abuse, the pre- and posttest mean scores of drug or alcohol abusers and nonabusers participating in the Master Gardener program were compared. No significant differences as a result of participation in the Master Gardener program were found for nonabusers for all variables tested and for generalized internal-external locus of control and global self-esteem for drug or alcohol abusers. Substance abusers did significantly increase their situation specific internal-external locus of control and their global life satisfaction while participating in the Master Gardener program.

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.

Comparison of Covert Reinforcement, Covert Assertion, and Overt Reinforcement in Changing External Locus of Control

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1043-1046
Author(s):  
Matt E. Jaremko ◽  
Vincent Rose
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Attention Control ◽  
Treatment Control ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
And Control

This study compared the effectiveness of covert reinforcement, overt reinforcement, and covert assertion in modifying locus of control. The I-E scale was administered to 40 subjects who were then randomly assigned to one of five treatment groups: covert reinforcement (response irrelevant) for self-statements reflecting internality, overt reinforcement for internal statements, covert assertion of internal statements, attention control, and no-treatment control. The 1-E scale was given after treatment and at a 2-wk. follow-up. Data showed that overt reinforcement and covert assertion tended to increase internality, but that response irrelevant covert reinforcement and control instructions did not.

scholarly journals Research Tools for Evaluating the Effects of a Vocational Horticulture Program on the Self-development of Female Inmates

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-308
Author(s):  
Melanie M. Migura ◽  
J.M. Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female Inmates ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development

Quantitative evaluation of horticulture vocational-therapy programs is becoming more and more critical as professionals in the area of people-plant interactions try to document the value of their programs. Evaluation tools to assess self-development of individuals studying such factors as self-esteem, life satisfaction, and locus of control have long been used in the social science disciplines. Many of these tools, either in their original forms or with some adaptations, can be successfully used to measure changes in self-development of individuals participating in horticulture programs.

Women's Multiple Roles and Psychological Well-Being

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1351-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie Goldstein Kopp ◽  
Mary Frances Ruzicka
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Returning To School ◽  
And Control

Examination of the relationships of multiple roles and internal-external locus of control with psychological well-being among 162 middle-class women aged 23 yr. and over, returning to school at a community college, showed women occupying two or three of the roles of partner, mother, and paid employee were happier than those occupying one or none. Internal locus of control was important in adding significantly to the prediction of both happiness and self-esteem, beyond that predicted by number of roles and control variables. Psychological well-being for women returning to school is positively correlated with more social roles and internal scores on locus of control.

scholarly journals General self-esteem and locus of control of young sportsmen

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodanka Gasic-Pavisic ◽  
Snezana Joksimovic ◽  
Dragan Janjetovic
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Social Feedback ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Sex Role Stereotypes ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with the relationship between some elements of self-concept (general self-esteem and locus of control) and going in for sport in adolescence. The relationship between going in for sport and variables of self-concept (general self-esteem and external locus of control) was investigated in a sample of 300 adolescent boys and girls (150 sportsmen and 150 non-sportsmen). Modification of the Rosenberg?s General self-esteem scale and Bezinovic-Savcic?s Scale of externality were used to measure variables of self-concept. The significant positive correlation between variables of going in for sport and general selfesteem, as well as negative ones between variables of going in for sport and external locus of control were found in the whole sample of subjects and in the sample of boys, but not of girls. The sex role stereotypes and greater importance that the culture puts on success in sport for boys have contributed to such results. The sex differences in correlations between variables of self-concept and going in for sport suggest that going in for sport influences general self-esteem and locus of control in adolescents through social feedback and social evaluation of sport achievement and physical fitness. .

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