The Predictive Ability of the Locus of Control in the Goal Orientations among Students of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

Abstract

The current study aimed to detect the pattern of the dominant locus control and the goals orientations adopted by the students of Al- Hussein Bin Talal University in Jordan in light of gender and college variables. In addition, it seeks to reveal the predictive ability of the control locus to goal orientations. The study subjects counted 352 students from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. Two measures were utilized in this study, the locus of control scale and the goal orientation scale. The findings revealed that the internal locus of control is the dominant locus and that there are statistically significant gender differences in the internal locus of control favoring males. Furthermore, there are statistically significant differences at the level of the internal locus of control due to the effect of the scientific colleges. The findings exhibited statistically significant gender and college differences favoring females and humanity colleges for the external locus of control. The results also indicated that the internal locus of control explained 0.746% of the discrepancy in (goal mastery). The study recommends helping all students, particularly female students in humanities faculties, to adopt the internal control center.