Stress, Locus of Control, and Achievement of High School Seniors
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 63 (2) , 355-359
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1988.63.2.355
Abstract
High school seniors in the top and bottom quartiles of achievement ( ns = 30) showed locus of control was strongly related to tension-stress, those internally oriented showing lower tension-stress. Number of life changes was associated with tension-stress; girls scored higher than boys. School-related stress was deemed to be an important factor in the lives of these students.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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