RESEARCH OF 1ST AND 4TH FORM GYMNASIUM STUDENT EXTERNALITY – INTERNALITY AND CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION STYLE PECULIARITIES AND LINKS

Abstract

The article presents a research aimed to determine externality – internality and causal attribution style peculiarities and links among 1 st and 4 th form gymnasium students. During the research it was determined that girls are more internal personalities than boys, also there was determined a statistically significant connection between student externality – internality and causal attribution style, i.e. with the increase of internality events are interpreted in a more optimistic way. It was determined, that externality – internality does not differ among 1 st and 4 th form gymnasium students, and there are mostly internal personalities. There were no statistically significant causal attribution style differences determined among 1 st and 4 th form gymnasium students and among boys and girls. KEY WORDS: locus of control, externality, internality, causal attribution style. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/atee.v2i0.938