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Peer reviewedAmster, Judith B.; Lazarus, Philip J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Normative data collected on 197 disadvantaged high school dropouts on the dimension of internal-external control indicate this group appears to be external, but not markedly so. A short-term intervention program designed to improve academic and vocational skills did not appear to affect locus of control of 33 subjects. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
