A correlational study of the relationship between birth order and individual's locus of control

<p>The purpose of the current study was to uncover any possible correlational relationships between Individual's birth order and their locus of control. The Austrian psychologist, Alfred Adler, had some theories concerning birth order which were of particular interest to the author as the ideas for this study were unfolding. Fifty adults (n = 50) from a major northeastern university, eighty four percent of whom were female and sixteen percent of whom were male, served as participants. Subjects completed Rotter's twenty nine question internal / external locus of control scale as well as a demographic survey which provided the researcher with the pertinent ordinal positioning information. Kendall's tau-b and Spearman's rho were utilized and with results remaining in the insignificant range, the null hypothesis failed to be rejected.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services and Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2006

Author dc:creator

• Heiblim, Rachel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dihoff, Roberta
• Klanderman, John

• Birth order; Locus of control
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/854

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1884