Impact of Behavior Modification Techniques on Locus of Control of Delinquent Boys
- 1 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 35 (3) , 1317-1318
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1974.35.3.1317
Abstract
A locus of control scale was given to 21 juvenile delinquent boys residing in a treatment setting using behavior modification techniques. The scores at the posttest were significantly more internal than those from the pretest phase.Keywords
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