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Direct linkSmith, Aileen; Hume, Evelyn C.; Zimmermann, Ray; Davis, Alan – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
Locus of control (LOC) is a personality variable shown to possess potential explanatory power in the study of ethical decision making. There have been, however, diverse results reported in the literature. Whenever differences on this variable are indicated by the research, individuals with an Internal LOC report the more ethical responses. This…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Decision Making, Ethics, College Students
Paranormal Beliefs and Their Implications in University Students from Finland and the United States.
Peer reviewedTobacyk, Jerome J.; Pirttila-Backman, Anna-Maija – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Compares 117 Finnish and 351 southern U.S. college students for the following: (1) paranormal beliefs; (2) personality adjustment constructs (anomie, death concerns, alienation, and death threat); and (3) relationships between the beliefs and constructs. The secularization process, further advanced in Finland than the United States, moderates…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Beliefs, College Students
