Locus of control of high school students of Punjab state

Pages: 190-194
Seema Garg (Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab)
Agya Jit Singh (Former Head (Retd) Psychology, Punjabi University Patiala)

Children of today are the assets of the nation tomorrow. We have to nurture them to harness their potential and use it for future. So main purpose of the study was to find out the gender difference on Locus of Control of High School students of Punjab State. It was also the aim of the study to make comparison of Locus of Control on the basis sex Location of schools and type of schools. In this study descriptive and survey method were used. For this study test constructed by Dr. Hasnain & Dr. Joshi were administrated to 400 high school students. The results of the study shows no significant differences existed between the male and female students on the internal external & total Locus of control variable. There were significant differences between the rural and urban school students both in the case of internal & external as well as total Locus of Control. The result of the study showed also the types of schools did not have any effect on the Locus of Control.