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Locus of Control and the Prediction of Voting Behavior in College Students.
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Stronger, more consistent predictions were obtained from self-prediction and previous behavior for all Ss, regardless of age or sex, and for male first-time voters there was a significant correlation between whether Ss voted and total I-E score.Abstract:
Summary In predicting the voting behavior of 18- or 19-year-old college students voting for the first time and of older college students who had been eligible to vote in a previous election, Rotter's (6) I-E Scale and Mirel's (3) Political Activity Factor derived from that scale were both shown to be of some value but in an inconsistent fashion. The Political Activity Factor was significantly related to whether female voters, both those voting for the first time and those previously eligible to vote, did, in fact, vote, but was not related to the voting behavior of males. For male first-time voters there was a significant correlation between whether Ss voted and total I-E score. This relation was not significant for older male voters or for female voters, however. Stronger, more consistent predictions were obtained from self-prediction and previous behavior for all Ss, regardless of age or sex. Parental voting behavior was not related to the voting of the student subjects.read more
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Disability and the Psychology of Political Participation
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Research on Internal-External Control and Social-Political Activism: A Note and Bibliography
TL;DR: Empirical inconsistencies in the locus of control and social-political action literature are noted and attributed, in part, to observers' tendency to overlook the potentially crucial role of the personal meanings of the actor's political involvement.
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Sources of access and competence in women's political persuading, 1964–1984
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