Saini, SaritaSidola, Sangeeta2020-06-102020-06-102020http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810147407The 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.enThesis