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Peer reviewedCash, Thomas F.; Janda, Louis H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
The present study evaluated the likelihood that volunteers for behavior therapy research are self-selected on variables known to moderate therapeutic outcomes. Compared with nonvolunteers, volunteers reported greater anxiety and externality. Among speech-anxious subjects, however, no volunteer bias was observed. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Bias
Cicirelli, Victor G. – 1978
The relationship of family variables to locus of control, under the hypothesis that a larger and more cohesive family provides greater reinforcement for the elderly person's actions was investigated. Elderly persons (N=200) aged 60-90 were interviewed at home and given Rotter's I-E scale. In a regression analysis, after removing effects of age and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Influence, Family Relationship, Gerontology
Peer reviewedBradley, Robert; Teeter, Thomas A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
Locus of control and classroom behavior data were gathered from 223 randomly selected junior/senior high school students. Results showed moderate positive correlation between internality and both considerate and task-oriented behavior. The strongest relationship observed was between perceptions about the teacher's control over negative outcomes…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Baum, Andrew; And Others – Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior, 1978
Describes effects of architecturally determined residential group size on development of social groups and norms of social control over shared interior spaces. Long-corridor residents expressed lower feelings of control over themselves in shared interior spaces and reported they exerted less group-derived social control over hallway space than…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, College Students, Community Control
