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Peer reviewedWehmeyer, Michael L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This study evaluated locus of control orientations, perceptions of efficacy, and outcome expectancies of 282 adolescents with mental retardation and compared them to students with learning disabilities and at-risk students. Subjects were found to hold unrealistic understandings and perceptions of causality and excessively external global…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Empowerment
