Relationship Between the Children’s Internal-external Locus of Control and Self-supporting in Primary School Students
- VernacularTitle:儿童内-外控制倾向与自立水平的关系
- Author:
Hui LING
;
Xiting HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Self-supporting;
Child;
Locus of control
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between self-supporting levels and mental locus of control(internalexternal locus of control)in primary school students.Methods:193 grade 5 to 6 primary school students were examined by the Self-supporting Behavior Questionnaire for 6 to 12 Years Old Children and Multidimentional Measure of Children’s Perception of Control(MMCPC);and then the subjects were divided into two groups,of which the high-self-supporting group includes the top 27%according to the self-supporting behavior questionnaire total score,and the low-self- supporting group includes the bottom 27%.Results:①The high self-supporting group get significantly lower score in unknown control and powerful others’control subscales than the low self-supporting group,and get significantly higher score in internal locus of control than the low self-supporting group;②Except social self-supporting,the other dimentions in Self-supporting Behavior Questionnaire were negatively correlated with unknown control and powerful others’control; were positively correlated with the internal control.Conclusion:Children’s self-supporting level were closely related to mental locus of control.the high self-supporting children were inclined to the internal control,and vice versa.
