Locus of Control in Iranian University Student and It́s Relationship with Academic Achievement

AbstractThis research aims to study locus of control and its determined link to educational achievement of college students. Considering the results obtained from a study on 370 students, no significant difference is observed in internal-external locus of control among male and female students, but female students for the locus of chance control received higher scores than the male students (t=-1.98), p<0.05). The students of the faculties of basic sciences, psychology and educational sciences,, power and computer showed significant difference on the locus of internal control with (F=6.16, P<0.05) and external locus of control with (F=4.348, P<0.05). Internal locus of control with r=0.121 on the meaningful level of P