Perceived Personal Control and Academic Achievement

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1966 • 21,432 citations

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change

1978 • 10,611 citations

Toward an experimental ecology of human development.

1977 • 8,460 citations

Review of research in education

1973 • 7,707 citations

EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

1968 • 5,560 citations

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1959 • 5,257 citations

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1976 • 2,255 citations

Psychological Monographs

1937 • 2,126 citations

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1976 • 1,992 citations

Some problems and misconceptions related to the construct of internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1975 • 1,731 citations

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1978 • 1,580 citations

A locus of control scale for children.

1973 • 1,572 citations

Achievement Motivation and Attribution Theory.

1975 • 1,433 citations

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1967 • 1,375 citations

The role of expectations and attributions in the alleviation of learned helplessness.

1975 • 1,321 citations

New Directions in Attribution Research

2018 • 1,189 citations

CHILDREN'S BELIEFS IN THEIR OWN CONTROL OF REINFORCEMENTS IN INTEUECTUAL-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SITUATIONS

1965 • 955 citations

An attributional analysis of achievement motivation.

1970 • 943 citations

The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability

1978 • 881 citations

Learned helplessness and reinforcement responsibility in children.

1973 • 784 citations

Applications of a social learning theory of personality

1972 • 695 citations

Theories of motivation : from mechanism to cognition

1972 • 664 citations

GENERALIZED EXPECTANCIES FOR INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL CONTROL OF REINFORCEMENT

1966 • 606 citations

Sex differences in learned helplessness: II. The contingencies of evaluative feedback in the classroom and III. An experimental analysis.

1978 • 567 citations

Alienation and Learning in a Hospital Setting

1962 • 418 citations

Causal attributions and other achievement-related cognitions: Effects of task outcome, attainment value, and sex.

1975 • 413 citations

Psychology and Educational Practice

1971 • 398 citations

children's feelings of personal control as related to social class and ethnic group1

1963 • 395 citations

Enhancing Motivation: Change in the Classroom

1976 • 370 citations

Internal versus external control of reinforcement and decision time.

1965 • 335 citations

Cue utilization and attributional judgments for success and failure

1971 • 329 citations

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1961 • 325 citations

Effects of self-esteem, perceived performance, and choice on causal attributions.

1970 • 311 citations

Alienation and Social Learning in a Reformatory

1963 • 288 citations

Persistence and the causal perception of failure: Modifying cognitive attributions.

1978 • 256 citations

An Introduction to Motivation

2022 • 254 citations

Enhancing Motivation: Change in the Classroom

1977 • 227 citations

MOTIVATIONAL AND ABILITY DETERMINANTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN'S INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT BEHAVIORS

1962 • 223 citations

Relationships between causal attributions and expectancy of success.

1973 • 221 citations

Social learning (locus of control) versus attributional (causal stability) interpretations of expectancy of success1

1976 • 215 citations

Internal-external control as a determinant of information-seeking in a social influence situation1

1967 • 205 citations

Internal-external control and persistence: Validation and implications of the Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale.

1974 • 193 citations

Motivational and Ability Determinants of Young Children's Intellectual Achievement Behaviors

1962 • 174 citations

Self-Evaluative Responses of Children in an Achievement Setting

1976 • 145 citations

Effects of students' performance on teachers' and observers' attributions of causality.

1970 • 143 citations

Differential utilization of information as a function of internal-external control¹

1968 • 143 citations

Persistence in children's reading behavior as a function of N length and attribution retraining.

1976 • 131 citations

5: An Attributional Approach for Educational Psychology

1976 • 121 citations

Internal versus external control of reinforcement and the deployment of attention in experimental situations.

1969 • 115 citations

A preschool and primary internal-external control scale.

1974 • 113 citations

Locus of cause and equity motivation as determinants of reward allocation.

1971 • 112 citations

Relationships between Academic Achievement and Personality Characteristics: A Quasi-Longitudinal Study

1975 • 94 citations

Perceived control and learned helplessness among retarded and nonretarded children: A developmental analysis.

1979 • 80 citations

The concept of competence.

1971 • 76 citations

Children's achievement-related expectancies as a function of academic performance histories and sex.

1980 • 76 citations

Transcontextual Validity in Developmental Research

1978 • 76 citations

Internal versus external control and the value of reinforcement.

1968 • 76 citations

Pleasure Derived by Children from Cognitive Challenge and Mastery

1974 • 74 citations

Reinforcing behavior of "naive" trainers.

1969 • 73 citations

Delay of gratification and internal locus of control in children.

1973 • 71 citations

An Investigation of Children’s Concept of Self-Responsibility For Their School Learning

1976 • 67 citations

Delay of gratification and internal versus external control among adolescents of low socioeconomic status.

1971 • 63 citations

Pleasure Derived by Children from Cognitive Challenge and Mastery

1974 • 60 citations

Racial Differences in Indices of Ego Functioning Relevant to Academic Achievement

1969 • 59 citations

Children's Beliefs in Internal-External Control and Self-Esteem as Related to Academic Achievement

1977 • 56 citations

A locus of control measure for preschool children.

1973 • 53 citations

Personality characteristics and affective reactions toward exams of superior and failing college students.

1970 • 53 citations

Perceived parental characteristics, locus of control orientation, and behavioral correlates of locus of control.

1974 • 50 citations

The Relation of Internal-External Control to Academic Performance

1972 • 50 citations

Delay of gratification as a function of race of the experimenter.

1972 • 50 citations

Children's perceptions of success and failure: An attributional analysis of the effects of race and social class.

1972 • 50 citations

Development of preference for delayed reinforcement in disadvantaged children.

1970 • 45 citations

Measuring Motivation in Culturally Disadvantaged School Children

1968 • 42 citations

Dimensions of Locus of Control in Children

1975 • 38 citations

The Relation of Reflection-Impulsivity to Field Dependence-Independence and Internal-External Control in Children

1975 • 35 citations

Attributed pride or shame in group and self.

1972 • 35 citations

Critical Issues in Research Related to Disadvantaged Children

1970 • 35 citations

Control of Reinforcement and Academic Achievement

1971 • 34 citations

A causal analysis of the relationship between locus of control and academic achievement in first grade

1980 • 33 citations

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

1972 • 32 citations

Locus of control and achievement in middle- and lower-class children.

1971 • 32 citations

Affective Development in Children, Grades 3 through 12

1979 • 32 citations

Children's locus of control scale: independence from response set bias among retardates.

1968 • 31 citations

Children's perceptions of internal-external control in intellectual-academic situations and their Embedded Figures Test performance.

1972 • 31 citations

Relationship between the internal-external control construct and achievement.

1973 • 31 citations

An attributional analysis of locus of control orientation and source of informational dependence.

1973 • 28 citations

Group measure of locus of control.

1974 • 28 citations

The Relationship between Children's Academic Performance and Achievement Accountability

1972 • 28 citations

Children's Perceptions of Internal-External Control in Intellectual-Academic Situations and Their Embedded Figures Test Performance

1972 • 25 citations

Achievement in Relation to Locus of Control: Identification of a New Source of Variance

1973 • 25 citations

The Role of Generalized and Specific Expectancies in Determining Academic Achievement

1974 • 24 citations

Cross-Cultural Notes Administration of Reward and Punishment in Relation to Ability, Effort, and Performance

1972 • 24 citations

Factors Related to School Achievement in an Economically Disadvantaged Group

1971 • 24 citations

School performance, intelligence, and locus of reinforcement control scales

1973 • 23 citations

Academic improvement through an experimental classroom management system

1974 • 23 citations

LOCUS OF CONTROL: AN EXAMPLE OF DANGERS IN USING CHILDREN'S SCALES WITH CHILDREN

1972 • 22 citations

Achievement motivation, locus of control, and academic achievement behavior1

1976 • 21 citations

Perceived contingency of teacher administered reinforcements and academic performance of boys

1975 • 20 citations

Perceptions of self-managed learning opportunities and academic locus of control: A causal interpretation.

1978 • 19 citations

Locus of Control and Achievement in Middle- and Lower-Class Children

1971 • 19 citations

Informational and dispositional determinants of children's achievement attributions.

1976 • 19 citations

The Elementary Classroom as a Frog Pond: Self-Concept, Sense of Control and Social Context

1971 • 18 citations

Research and development toward the improvement of education

1968 • 17 citations

Locus of Control: An Example of Dangers in Using Children's Scales with Children

1972 • 17 citations

Internal-External Locus of Control and Information-Seeking in a College Academic Situation

1977 • 16 citations

Task Persistence and Locus of Control in Elementary School Children

1977 • 16 citations

The effectiveness of an enrichment program for disadvantaged young children.

1971 • 15 citations

Locus of control and academic achievement in emotionally disturbed children.

1975 • 14 citations

Task Persistence and Locus of Control in Elementary School Children

1977 • 14 citations

Alternative Measures of Locus of Control and the Prediction of Academic Performance

1971 • 12 citations

Interpretation of Task Interruption and Feelings of Responsibility for Failure

1974 • 12 citations

Choosing problem-solving rewards and Halloween prizes: Delay of gratification and preference for symbolic reward as a function of development, motivation, and personal investment.

1978 • 10 citations

Locus of control and competence¹

1975 • 9 citations

The Interrelationship of Measures of Locus of Control, Intelligence, and Achievement in Juvenile Delinquents

1976 • 8 citations

The Effects of Locus of Control and Goal Setting on Persistence at a Learning Task.

1975 • 7 citations

The Cognitive Determinants of Achieving Behavior.

1970 • 7 citations

Effects of attributions for success and failure on the performance of retarded adults.

1978 • 7 citations

Task Independence and Locus of Control Orientation in Children

1973 • 7 citations

Academic expectations, attributed responsibility, and teachers' reinforcement behavior: A comment on Cooper and Baron, with some additional data.

1979 • 7 citations

Expectancies about Achievement and Achievement: The Sense of Internal-External Control and Academic Performance among Black High School Students

1976 • 4 citations

The Relationship between Intellectual-Achievement Responsibility Attributions and Performance.

1977 • 4 citations

Repetition Choice Behavior as a Function of Chronological Age, Task Difficulty, and Expectancy of Success

1976 • 3 citations

Repetition Choice Behavior as a Function of Chronological Age, Task Difficulty, and Expectancy of Success

1976 • 3 citations

Personality and Achievement in a Suburban and an Inner City School¹

1972 • 3 citations

Locus of Control and Response Persistence

1974 • 2 citations