title: Competitiveness: relations with GPA, locus of control, sex, and athletic status.
abstract: A sample of college students and college athletes completed measures of competitiveness and locus of control. In addition, self-reports of GPA and sex were provided. Negative correlations among scores on competitiveness, GPA, and scores on internal locus of control were significant. Also, there were sex and athletic status differences in competitiveness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Daytona Beach 32120-2811, USA. cfrederi@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Frederick
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports