title: Locus of control of disadvantaged high school dropouts: preliminary data.
abstract: Normative data were collected on 197 disadvantaged high school dropouts on the dimension of internal-external control. Findings indicate that this group appears to be external but not markedly so, and a short-term intervention program designed to improve academic and vocational skills did not appear to affect locus of control of 33 subjects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*