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- Title
Underpinnings of Academic Success: Effective Study Skills Use as a Function of Academic Locus of Control and Self-Efficacy.
- Authors
Landis, Blajne D.; Altman, Joanne D.; Cavin, Jennifer D.
- Abstract
Research indicates an internal locus of control (LOG) and high self-efficacy (SE) are related to greater academic performance. However, how LOC and SE relate to self-reported study skills use, a known precursor to academic performance, is not entirely clear Participants' scores on the LOG and SE scales were split down the median to produce a 2 x 2 matrix, wherein an internal LOG and high SE would hypothetically correspond to the greatest self-reported use of study skills. The results revealed that participants with a moderate LOG and moderate SE reported significantly less study skills use than the other 3 groups. The authors discuss how greater academic performance is implied through LOG, SE, and their attendant pattern of study skills use.
- Subjects
SELF-efficacy; CONTROL (Psychology); STUDY skills; RESEARCH; ACADEMIC achievement; PARTICIPANT observation
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2007, Vol 12, Issue 3, p126
- ISSN
1089-4136
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.24839/1089-4136.JN12.3.126