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The Effect Of Locus Of Control On The Procrastination Behavior Of College Students, Eileen Debra Rudnick Dec 1990

The Effect Of Locus Of Control On The Procrastination Behavior Of College Students, Eileen Debra Rudnick

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between locus of control and the Procrastination behavior of individuals in an academic setting. Investigated in this study was the relationship between the two aspects of procrastination, the delaying of a task and the psychological distress that results from that behavior, and locus of controls in terms of an internal or external generalized belief.

The Adult Nowicki - Duke Locus of Control scale and the Procrastination Assessment scale - Students were given to 267 undergraduate students between the ages of 17 and 48 at Pittsburg State University. The data …