Two studies examined the relationship between locus of control and achievement motivation, using college graduate students and high-school females. Nonsignificant correlations were found between locus of control and several measures of the need for achievement. In addition for one study, a nonsignificant correlation was also obtained when intelligence was partialled out of the relationship. The present findings and discrepancies in the literature were related to empirical and theoretical issues.
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