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Peer reviewedTurner, Ralph R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
The development of locus of control was compared in rural Appalachian Follow Through participants and in lower and middle-class comparison groups. Participation in Follow Through did not enhance internality. A social class by sex interaction was found, and correlations between locus of control and achievement differed for social classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedAber, J. Lawrence; Brown, Joshua L.; Jones, Stephanie M. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Examined developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood and children's response to a universal school-based preventive intervention. Found that three growth patterns--positive linear, late acceleration, and gradual deceleration--characterized the children's trajectories, and these trajectories varied meaningfully by child…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Comparative Analysis, Demography
