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C J Sadowski

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PubMed2000

Relationships between need for cognition, knowledge, and verbal ability.

The authors investigated the relationships between need for cognition, knowledge, and verbal ability. Participants completed scales that measured their need for cognition, verbal ability, and knowledge about people and events that occurred during the Vietnam War era. Correlational analyses showed that the participants' need for cognition scores were modestly but positively correlated with verbal ability and knowledge and that verbal ability and knowledge were also positively correlated. The correlation between need for cognition and knowledge was small but significant when verbal ability was controlled. The conclusion drawn from these results is that need for cognition contributes to the acquisition of knowledge beyond the contribution of verbal ability.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Does substance abuse treatment have self-schematic effects?

A survey on alcohol and drug use was completed by 1,291 college students. As predicted from research on self-schemas, greater self-efficacy was associated with lower substance use among respondents who indicated having been treated for substance abuse but not among those who had not received treatment. Also, those who reported receiving treatment were more likely than the others to report having attended campus programs on substance abuse. These findings suggest that substance use and its control are important aspects of the self-definition of those who receive treatment for substance abuse.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1983

Sex differences in adjustment correlates of locus of control dimensions.

This study investigated the hypothesis that dimensions of locus of control are differentially predictive of adjustment criteria for males and females. Two samples of undergraduates completed the Reid-Ware Three-Factor Locus of Control Scale and either the Texas Social Behavior Inventory or the Zander and Thomas version of the Barron ego strength scale. For both males and females, internals reported greater self-esteem and ego strength. However, for males, the fatalism dimension was the strongest predictor for each adjustment correlate. The social system control dimension was not predictive for males in either case. For females, the social system control dimension was predictive for each adjustment correlate, although it was not consistently the strongest predictor. The results are consistent with research on sex differences in parental antecedents of locus of control. Methodological implications of the differential predictiveness of locus of control dimensions are also addressed.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1982

The relationship of locus of control dimensions to reported hostility and aggression.

The Fatalism and Social System Control dimensions of the Reid-Ware Three-Factor Locus of Control Scale were correlated with the two main factors of the Buss-Durkee Hostility-Aggression Inventory. For the total sample of 61 male and 96 female undergraduates, both locus of control dimensions correlated significantly with the Hostility factor. Externals on each dimension reported greater hostility than did internals. Only the Fatalism dimension correlated with the Aggression factor, with externals reporting more aggression than internals. For males, only the Fatalism dimension was significantly correlated with the Hostility factor. Both the Fatalism and Social System Control dimensions correlated with the Hostility factor among the females, but the correlation with the latter dimension was slightly stronger. Neither locus of control dimension was correlated significantly with the Aggression factor when data from males and females were analyzed separately.

Aggression↗