The Study of the Relations between Beliefs in Internal-External Control and Prosocial Behavior in Junior High School.

• Main Authors: CHENG LI FENG, 鄭麗鳳
• Other Authors: 沈六
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34548923960595796068

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 公民教育與活動領導學系在職進修碩士班 === 92 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of students’ background, locus of control and prosocial behavior of junior high school in Taiwan. Subjects consisted of second grade students. There were 1215 students in this study, from 35 different junior high school in Taiwan. The study employed ‘Internal-External Control Scale and Prosocial Behavior Scale’, which were revised by researcher. All of these datas were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple stepwise regression analysis. The major findings included： 1.The beliefs in internal-external control , positive internal control , negative internal control , positive external control and negative external control of junior high school students make no differences in students'''' gender . 2.The beliefs in internal-external control , positive internal control , positive external control and negative external control of junior high school students make no differences in students'''' socio-economic status .In terms of negative internal control in socio-economic status, the difference was significant. 3.The students'''' prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering was significantly different in the variables of gender , girls are better than boys . 4.The students'''' prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering was significantly different in the variables of socio-economic status ,high socio-economic status and medium socio-economic status are better than low socio-economic status . 5.There is positive correlation between students’internal control and prosocial behavior. There is negative correlation between students’external control and prosocial behavior. 6.Boys'''' performance on positive internal control , positive external control, negative external control and prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. Girls'''' performance on positive internal control, negative internal control , positive external control, negative external control and prosocial behavior, helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. 7. High socio-economic status students'''' performance on positive internal control , negative internal control , positive external control and prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. High socio-economic status students'''' performance on negative external control and prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. Medium socio-economic status students'''' performance on positive internal control , positive external control , negative external control and prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. Medium socio-economic status students'''' performance on negative internal control and helping and concern, the result indicated significant correlation. Low socio-economic status students'''' performance on positive internal control , positive external control , negative external control and prosocial behavior , helping, cooperation, concern and volunteering, the result indicated significant correlation. 8.The prosocial behavior of junior high school students can be predicted through demographic variables（gender，socio-economic status）and beliefs in internal-external control. Finally, according to the findings, some of the suggestions were discussed in order to help students to improve the internal control, prosocial behavior and for further researches.