Locus of Control and Gender

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This paper is a review of some recent and / or relevant academic research and literature regarding a possible statistical relationship between locus of control and gender. The paper presents the issue and then launches into an analysis of that literature, moving from studies with significant results to ones with mixed results to ones that found no statistically significant relationship between the two.

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"The purpose of this paper is to act as a literature review of contemporary academic research into the relationship that exists between locus of control and gender. It has long been assumed that locus of control is gender significant. Many researchers have held that any research into locus of control must take into account the differences between genders that might exist. In fact, those researchers ascertain that there is a difference between genders in this regard, with males more likely to possess the prized internal locus of control and women dependent on the seemingly less developed external style locus of control."

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