作者: Walter R. Nord , Francis Connelly , George Daignault
DOI: 10.1037/H0021541
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摘要: The experimenters studied the relationships among academic achievement in graduate school, perceived locus of control, and a relevant aptitude test. Grades 15 individual courses overall grade point average (GPA) were used as criteria success. Three I-E scores (total ideological personal control subscores) Admissions Test for Graduate Study Business (ATGSB) 50 entering MBA students predictors. It was found that both ATGSB scales accounted significant often complementary portions variance GPA grades courses. Each instrument predicted better certain predictive power each tended to remain when influence other controlled statistically. Analysis function two dimensions revealed be predictor than control. concluded might, useful success, but no simple pattern exists. Rather, course content such factors teacher behavior may interact with determine achievement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)