Learned Helplessness, Locus of Control, and Academic Achievement Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Learned Helplessness, Locus of Control, and Academic Achievement

Creator

  • Author: Mount, Suzanne Amidon
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Kennelly, Kevin J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Harrell, Ernest H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor

Publisher

  • Name: North Texas State University
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1975-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: To determine the relationship among learned helplessness, locus of control, and academic achievement, data from 86 sixth graders were gathered and intercorrelated. Contingency of teacher-administered rewards and punishments as perceived by school children, and helpless behavior of students as judged by their teachers were measured. The Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was used to measure locus of control orientation. A positive relationship between academic achievement and locus of control was found. The contingency of reward scale was found to be predictive of academic achievement and helpless behavior. Virtually no significant relationships were found between any of the other variables and the contingency of punishment scale. Helpless behavior was found to be predictive of low academic success and an external locus of control.
  • Physical Description: iii, 33 leaves

Subject

  • Keyword: learned helplessness
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: School children
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Academic achievement
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Control (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Helplessness (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Rewards and punishments in education
  • Keyword: locus of control
  • Keyword: academic achievement
  • Keyword: sixth grade students

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Mount, Suzanne Amidon
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1002773402-Mount
  • Call Number: 379 N81 no.5060
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1080785
  • OCLC: 1952339
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc663025

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • Degree Discipline: Psychology
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Arts
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi
  • Degree Grantor: North Texas State University

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