期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：45
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between locus of controlorientation and academic achievement of Iranian English Major Students. The participants inthis study were 387 English Major Students studying in different Iranian universities in theacademic year 2014- 2015.The design of the study was non- experimental ex-post facto. The datawere collected through online and offline administration of Rotter’s (1966) Internal-ExternalLocus of Control Scale. The results, obtained through the statistical techniques of correlationand multinomial logistic regression, revealed that there is a significant relationship betweenlocus of control orientation and academic achievement. Moreover, the investigation of thefindings indicated that increase in external locus of control increased the probability of havinglow academic achievement. The findings provide evidence for the existence of students’ morefrequent response to external locus of control in the Iranian academic context which calls forfurther attention as it is associated with low academic achievement.
关键词：locus of control orientation; academic achievement; Grade point average; Iranian;English Major Students
