Locus of control and achievement in child psychiatric inpatients |
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| Authors: | Ronald L. Blount A. J. Finch Jr. Conway F. Saylor Vicky V. Wolfe Thomas P. Pallmeyer Julia McIntosh Jean M. Griffin Donald J. Carek |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, 35487-2968 Tuscaloosa, Alabama;(2) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 29425 Charleston, South Carolina;(3) Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5C2 London, Ontario, Canada;(4) Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, 60626 Chicago, Illinois |
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| Abstract: | The relationship between the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children (Nowicki & Strickland, 1973) and academic achievement was examined in a sample of 66 child psychiatric inpatients. Previous studies had suggested that this measure correlated with achievement in normal samples (Nowicki & Strickland, 1973) but not in populations of male juvenile offenders (Little & Kendall, 1978). The product-moment correlation between the Nowicki-Strickland Scale and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test was significant. However, when the effect of IQ was controlled for in a partial correlation, there was no significant correlation. Discussion focuses on the relationship between these results and other findings in the area of locus of control, intelligence, and achievement. |
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