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The Effects of Birth Order and Family Size on Children's Locus of Control

The present study was concerned with investigating children's generalized locus of control of reinforcement and its possible relationship to the demographic variables of birth order and family size. The sample consisted of 93 school children in Grades 6, 7, and 8. The analysis of data was by a 2 x 3 factorial design. Results indicated no significant differences in the generalized locus of control orientations of first-born, intermediate-born, and youngest children. Results also indicated that children of these different birth order positions from small families and from large families did not differ significantly in their generalized locus of control orientation. A correlational study of the data showed that the children's locus of control orientations were unrelated to sex differences.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935609
Date08 1900
CreatorsSchniederjan, Patrick
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 22 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Schniederjan, Patrick, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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