This study compared secondary school students' compliance with counseling or contingency contracting for truancy and disruptive behavior. Contracting was more effective than counseling with the 44 truants but not for those showing disruptive behavior (n = 52). Individuals with an internal locus of control were more responsive to counseling than those with external locus of control.
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