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Goals And Locus Of Control Of Female Delinquent And Non-Delinquent Juveniles, Geraldine Bates
Goals And Locus Of Control Of Female Delinquent And Non-Delinquent Juveniles, Geraldine Bates
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A comparison of perception of locus of control and identification of goals between delinquent and non-delinquent juvenile females was conducted.
The delinquent sample consisted of 20 female students at the Idaho State Youth Training Center. The non-delinquent sample consisted of 20 female students from two Idaho Public Secondary schools. The non-delinquent subjects were paired with the delinquent subjects as closely as possible according to age, religion, education, size and composition of family, and size of home town.
The instruments used were: (l) a background questionnaire, (2) a goal identification questionnaire, and (3) Rotter's I-E scale.
The difference between the mean …
The Influence Of Selected Socio-Economic Factors On Consumer Awareness, Virginia Anne Dickinson
The Influence Of Selected Socio-Economic Factors On Consumer Awareness, Virginia Anne Dickinson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The influence of selected socioeconomic factors on the consumer awareness of women was investigated. An instrument was developed to measure the consumer awareness of individuals. The three areas assessed were awareness of existing problems in the marketplace, awareness of laws that control these problems and sources of help for the consumer when she encounters these problems.
A profile of a woman with low consumer awareness was constructed from the results of the data collected In the study. She will have an annual income of less than $8,000; she will have a high school education or less; her husband will be …