| Literature DB >> 3611517 |
R L Blount, A J Finch, C F Saylor, V V Wolfe, T P Pallmeyer, J McIntosh, J M Griffin, D J Carek.
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.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3611517 DOI： 10.1007/bf00916347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Abnorm Child Psychol ISSN： 0091-0627