Locus of control and anxiety as mediating variables of locus of conflict in disadvantaged youth.
A measure of trait anxiety and locus of control was administered to 134 fourth-grade children who attended a low-socioeconomic-district school. Ratings of locus of conflict were also obtained from the parents of the children. As hypothesized, external locus of control scores correlated significantly with the locus of conflict scores, although this varied for both the sex of the children and the type of behavior problems exhibited. Further analyses revealed that children with medium locus of control scores had more externalization behavior scores than children with either internal or external locus of control scores. The hypothesized relationship between anxiety and locus of conflict was not supported.
D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012737:Sex Factors