Locus of Control and Pre-Marital High School Pregnancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13650892 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven M Segal (Temple University, Philadelphia, corresponding author), Joseph Ducette (0000-0003-2402-9310, Temple University, Philadelphia) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 887-890 |
| Publication date | 1973-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1973.33.3.887 |
| PMID | 4767845 |
| OpenAlex | W2031635511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
The relationship between pre-marital pregnancy and locus of control was assessed for 165 female, junior and senior high school students from two metropolitan high schools, one middle-class white, and one lower-class black. No significant difference between the two schools in mean locus of control scores was found. Significant differences indicated that within the white middle-class school, pregnant girls tended to score external and non-pregnant girls tended to score internal. In the black lower-class school, the opposite tended to be true, i.e., pregnant girls tended toward internality, and non-pregnant girls toward externality. These seeming differences were not inconsistent and internally oriented girls in both environments were perceiving their environments accurately
Developmental psychology · Locus of control · Marital status · Metropolitan area · Middle class · Population · Pregnancy · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Adolescent Pregnancy
Public Policy and the Condition of Black Family Life
Family, individual, and social correlates of early Hispanic adolescent sexual expression
Teenage pregnancy and motherhood
Internal-External Locus of Control
Teenage Pregnancy Among Latinas
Welfare, Premarital Childbearing, and the Role of Normative Climate
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
Children's Feelings of Personal Control as Related to Social Class and Ethnic Group1
Internal-External Locus of Control and the Practice of Birth Control
Internal-external control and competent and innovative behavior among Negro college students
The American Negro
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2007 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |