Internal-External Control and Motivations for Alcohol Use among High School Students
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 42 (3_suppl) , 1088-1090
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3c.1088
Abstract
Internal-External locus of control and alcohol use were investigated among high school students, and it was found that external control was positively related to problem-oriented motivations and social complications. A developmental model for the relationship between I-E control and drinking is proposed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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