Religiosity, locus of control and gender as predictors of academic and social behaviors of college students

The present study examines the relationship of religiosity, locus of control and gender to the academic performance, academic engagement, pro-social behavior and peer influence of college students. Strayhorn\u27s Religiousness Scale, Rotter\u27s Locus of Control Scale, the UCUES Academic Engagement Scale, CiAS Pro-social Behavior Scale and Peer Influence Scale were administered to 299 college students to measure religiosity, locus of control, academic engagement, pro-social behavior and peer influence respectively. Multiple regression analyses showed that high levels of religiosity are associated with high levels of academic engagement and pro-social behavior however, religiosity did not predict peer influence. Females who are religious are more likely to have better academic performance than females who are not, but males\u27 academic performance are not affected by religiosity. Locus of control and gender did not predict any of the criterion