Locus of Control in University Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Kajanová
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students

scholarly journals Are Decision-Making Styles, Locus of Control, and Average Grades in Exams Correlated with Procrastination in University Students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Sagone ◽  
Maria Luisa Indiana
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Decisional Procrastination ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
The University ◽  
Delay Decision

In this paper decision-making styles, locus of control, and average grades in exams are examined as correlates of procrastination in a sample of 185 university students (mainly female students) recruited from mandatory courses for degrees in psychology and pedagogy at the University of Catania (Italy). Method: We used the Decisional Procrastination Scale (Ferrari, Johnson, & McCown, 1995), consisting of five Likert-type items useful for analyzing the procrastination; the Decision-Making Styles (Di Nuovo & Magnano, 2013), chosen for measuring the doubtfulness, delay, proxy, and no problem styles with 15 Likert-type items; the Locus of Control of Behavior Scale (Craig, Franklin, & Andrews, 1984) used to evaluate internal and external loci of control. The data were gathered through an online anonymous questionnaire and were analyzed using the multiple linear regression model to assess how styles of decision-making, locus of control, and average grades in exams affect the decision to procrastinate in university students. The main findings of this study indicate that doubtfulness and delay decision-making styles correlate with high decisional procrastination together with low average grades at university exams. Locus of control is excluded by the proposed model. Conclusions: These findings suggest pursuing a deeper investigation of the various types of procrastination and the measures used for analyzing the academic achievement in university students.

Perception of Personality and Social Behaviour in Different Racial Groups by Black and White University Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J.A. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Group Rating

One hundred and eighty-six white and 225 black first-year psychology students at the universities of Rhodes and Fort Hare completed a modified form of Wrightsman's Philosophy of Human Nature scale as a measure of perception of one of five race groups. Black respondents perceived their own group as more Trustworthy, Conventionally Good and Variable and as more Altruistic (male respondents only). Blacks were most Cynical about the white group and rated them lower than blacks or coloureds on Trustworthiness and on Altruism. Unexpectedly, white respondents had a relatively unfavourable perception of their own group, rating it lower than other groups on Trustworthiness, Altruism (female respondents only) and Conventional Goodness and having the highest Cynicism scores for their own group. Whites perceived indians particularly favourably, rating them high on Trustworthiness, Altruism, Conventional Goodness, Independence and Strength of Will/Rationality, and being least Cynical about them. Whites rated blacks low on Strength of Will/Rationality which was interpreted to mean that blacks were perceived to have low internal locus of control (a perception not shared by the black respondents themselves).

scholarly journals Relationship between self-esteem and locus of control in Iranian University students

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 530-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Saadat ◽  
Azizreza Ghasemzadeh ◽  
Soheila Karami ◽  
Mahsa Soleimani
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Esteem

scholarly journals Factors affecting the locus of control of the university students

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerguz Bulut Serin ◽  
Oğuz Serin ◽  
F. Sülen Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The University
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