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Tobacyk, Jerome J. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1992
Examines a study of the effects of sociocultural change on an individual's beliefs concerning control over personal and political events. Explains that Polish students' political control beliefs significantly shifted from external sources (the government) to internal sources (the individual) after democratization of their country. Reports that…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education