Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
Online published on 7 November, 2013.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of Types of students, sex and types of faculty of the college students on locus of control. The sample for the study comprised of 120 Tribal and 120 Non-Tribal college students from Sabarkantha District. Tribal and Non-Tribal college students were selected from various Arts and Science college in Sabarkantha. Personal data sheet and Rotter (1966), Internal-External scale were used to collect the required data. 2x2x2 factorial design was planned where types of students, sex and types of faculty were considered as independent variables and locus of control as dependent variables. Accordingly, 2x2x2 ANOVA was carried out to test the hypothesis. Results revealed significant difference between Tribal and Non-Tribal College students on Locus of control. The non-tribal college student's External locus of control is batter then the tribal college students. The male college student's External locus of control is batter then the female college students. The Science college students’ External locus of control is batter then the Arts college students. There is significant mean interaction effect of the locus of control in the types of student and sex of the college students. The interaction effects (A x C), (B x C) and (A x B x C) are not significant.
