Impact of locus of control on selected personal variables of the college students
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2020
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to examine the impact of Locus of Control (LOC) on the
selected personal variables of the college students. The total sample comprised 400
undergraduate students from the constituent colleges of Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana. Proportionate sampling technique was employed to draw sample from different
colleges and equally distributed over the gender. A self-structured personal information sheet
and Locus of Control Questionnaire, Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith 1986), Self-
Regulation Questionnaire (Brown et al 1999) and Mental Health Battery (Singh and Gupta
2000) were used to collect relevant information from the respondents. The results revealed
that irrespective of colleges, significant number of respondents were more inclined towards
internal LOC. Furthermore, substantial number of respondents from all the colleges had
medium level of self-esteem as well as mental health. However, majority of the respondents
had low level of self-regulation. Significant gender differences were observed in LOC, selfesteem,
self-regulation as well as mental health where females were more inclined towards
internal LOC whereas males towards external LOC. Also, females had better self-esteem,
self-regulation and mental health as compared to their male counterparts. Internal LOC was
found to be significantly positively correlated with self-esteem, self-regulation, mental health
as well as academic performance while external LOC was found to be significantly negatively
correlated with self-esteem, self-regulation as well as academic performance of the
respondents. Further, significant negative contribution of external LOC was observed on selfesteem
and academic performance whereas significant positive contribution of internal LOC
was observed on self-regulation of the respondents.