Abstract
The current study focuses on locus of control and the difference in it among different demographic variables such as gender (male and female), course of study (science and arts) and locality (urban and rural) among college students. It is a promising area of inquiry. The age of college students is the age of developing their personality and is a critical context for studying personality. The study was conducted on 171 college student of Gulbarga city who were selected by a random sampling method (lottery method). The questionnaire consisted of personal data sheet, and Rotter’s locus of control scale. Descriptive Statistics and non-parametric statistics as Mann-Witney test (U) were used to analyze the data. The results could not find significant difference on locus of control among males & females, science & arts and urban & rural college students.
Highlights
This study is undertaken to make an attempt for understanding the Locus of Control among college students of Gulbarga city, along with the influence of demographic variables such as gender, place of residence and the course of study
HYPOTHESES: The study will be conducted with the following general hypotheses: 1. There would be a significant difference on locus of control among male and female college students
While examining the Locus of control of college students, it is found that there was no significant difference between male and female students on the basis gender
Summary
People who have an internal locus of control tend to engage in adaptive behaviours (Demellow & Imms, 1999; Peterson et al, 1993 & Rothbaum et al, 1982, Hayadeh, 2004). Since locus of control refers to the individuals’ belief about controllability over what happens to them in life, it is defined as a personality trait or construct that reveals how individuals perceive their ability to control life events or environment (April et al, 2012). This belief can be characterized as one continuum on which two extremes can be recognized: internal locus of control and external locus of control. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study is significant because the study can provide the idea about the personality, which may helpto improve the existing services or create new services to help people to have more control in an environment where they usually feel out of control
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