The Relationship between Students’ Locus of Control with their Tendencies to Types of Discipline Styles of Teachers
Subject Areas : Educationسیده Golafroz ramezani 1 , Y. Kazemi 2 , حبیبه Alaee 3
1 - کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی
2 - عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان
3 - کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی
Keywords: Interventionist discipline style, interactionist style, and non-interventionist style, Locus of Control,
Abstract :
This study aimed to investigate relationship of students’ locus of control and their tendencies to types of discipline styles of schools teachers. Statistical population was all first grade students of high schools in the 1 district. The sample was comprised of 351 students, was chosen by Random- classified- clustering method. The used method of research was a descriptive- correlative one. The research instruments were 1) a researcher made questionnaire on discipline styles and 2) a questionnaire on locus of control. For statistical analysis, a Correlation test of Pearson, stepwise regression analysis and independent t-test were used. Results showed that there was a significant and positive correlation between students’ locus of control and their tendencies to interactions and non-interventionist discipline styles. A stepwise regression analysis showed that interactions discipline style was the strongest predictor of students’ locus of control. Data was analyzed employing independent t test showed that there are significant differences because of students' gender in their tendencies to interventionist and their interactionist discipline styles and also their locus of control, but there is no significant difference because of students' gender, between their tendencies to non-interventionist discipline style.