LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 9 September 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Effects of School Systems on Locus of Control

Aamna Saleem Khan, Ph. D.

Abstract

This study intended to explore school difference in locus of control among students of science subjects at secondary level of Wah Cantt. A sample of 270 students (120 Girls and 150 Boys) was selected from the F.G.H.S for Girls and Boys of Wah Cantt. A questionnaire consisting of 35 items was administered to measure locus of control. t-test (Independent sample t-test and Paired sample t-test) was applied for statistical analysis by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Results found that girls of government schools were superior to the girls of private schools in their locus of control.

Key Words: Locus of Control, Social Learning Theory, Learned Helplessness, Attribution Theory

1. Introduction

The important theory of motivation is the theory of locus of control. The term locus of control refers to the sense that one can affect the course of one’s life, also called “Can-ness”. Its exercise allows one a sense of freedom in feeling that one can correct one’s difficulties. When one loses the belief that important events are to, some degree, controllable by one’s action, one loses that vitality and courage that humans can display in their encounter with hardships. Julian Rotter was the first psychologist who paid more attention to this issue of locus of control (Naila, 2000).

Locus of control plays an interesting role in education. Understanding its efforts can lead to more effective and worthwhile schooling for students and less frustration for teachers (Grantz, 2006). All these factors urge the researcher to do this research.

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Aamna Saleem Khan, Ph. D (International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Lecturer, University of Wah
Quaid Avenue, The Mall
Wah Cantt.
Pakistan, Postal Code 47040
aamnasalim@yahoo.com
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