A comparative study of locus of control in mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and normally achieving students /

dc.contributor.authorCoggins, Catherine Jarrard,en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:29:01Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:29:01Z
dc.date.issued1984en_US
dc.description.abstractBased on the findings of this study, the following conclusions were reached. (1) Educable mentally retarded students are more externally oriented than emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students. (2) Emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students do not differ in locus of control orientation. (3) Handicapped students are more externally oriented than nonhandicapped students. (4) Internal-External locus of control orientation does not significantly change from grade 6 to grade 8.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe subjects in this study were 151 male students (72 handicapped, 79 nonhandicapped). The students were selected from four public schools located in two suburban school districts. The Children's Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (CNS-IE) was used as the measure of locus of control. The instrument was administered individually to each handicapped subject and in small groups for the normally achieving subjects. The examiner read orally each question.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate locus of control orientation in mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and normally achieving students in grades 6 through 8.en_US
dc.description.abstractEducational implications and recommendations for future research were presented.en_US
dc.description.abstractAn ANOVA was performed to test the significance at the .05 level of each hypothesis stated as measured by the CNS-IE. Where the statistical analysis indicated significant differences between the means, a multiple comparison technique was used.en_US
dc.description.abstractSpecifically, this study was designed to address the following questions: (1) Do students labeled educable mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, or learning disabled differ in locus of control orientation? (2) Do these students differ from normally achieving students in locus of control orientation?en_US
dc.format.extentvii, 71 leaves ;en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/5203
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, Section: A, page: 0807.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Special.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineJeannine Rainbolt College of Educationen_US
dc.titleA comparative study of locus of control in mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and normally achieving students /en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupJeannine Rainbolt College of Education
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI8413971en_US

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