104 education graduate students filled out the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and a questionnaire about their nocturnal activity. A group of high- and low-scoring respondents were identified. The results indicate that externally oriented people engaged in more nocturnal fantasy behavior than did the internally oriented Ss.
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