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ERIC Number: EJ435900
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
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Locus of Control in Underachieving and Achieving Gifted Students.
McClelland, Robert; And Others
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v14 n4 p380-92 Win 1991
This study, with 87 underachieving and 77 achieving gifted students in grades 6-9, found that general locus of control measures did not differentiate between the 2 groups, that both scored significantly higher on positive internal than on negative internal locus of control, and that there were no gender or grade effects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Gifted, High Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control, Psychological Characteristics, Sex Differences, Student Development, Underachievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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