Locus of control is a salient factor in the successful academic performance of students.

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* Locus of control, extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them

Locus of control is one of the main influences of attribution style.

Locus of control is a theory in personality psychology referring to the extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them.

Locus of control has generated much research in a variety of areas in psychology.

Locus of control has also been included as one of four dimensions of core self-evaluations – one's fundamental appraisal of oneself – along with neuroticism, self-efficacy, and self-esteem.

Locus of control is the framework of Rotter's ( 1954 ) social-learning theory of personality.

Locus of control has also been applied to the field of consumer research.

Locus of control becomes more internal with age.

Locus of control is how people measure and understand how people relate their health to their behavior, health status and how long it may take to recover from a disease.

Locus of control can influence how people think and react towards their health and health decisions.

* Locus of control: A class tutorial

Some of the scales reviewed by Furnham and Steele ( 1993 ) relate to health in more specific domains, such as obesity ( for example, Saltzer's ( 1982 ) Weight Locus of Control Scale or Stotland and Zuroff's ( 1990 ) Dieting Beliefs Scale ), mental health ( such as Wood and Letak's ( 1982 ) Mental Health Locus of Control Scale or the Depression Locus of Control Scale of Whiteman, Desmond and Price, 1987 ) and cancer ( the Cancer Locus of Control Scale of Pruyn et al., 1988 ).

Well-known semiprozines include Locus, Ansible, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Interzone.

His published works include the gothic tales collection Una lunga consuetudine ( Sellerio, 1994 ) and two novels, Locus Animae ( Passigli, 1999 ), a psychological thriller, and Angeli ( Passigli 2002 ), a gothic novel with themes of mysticism, politics, ethics and philosophy.

These Locus Coeruleus cell changes include hyperexcitability and decreased functioning of its noradrenergic innervation.

Eckert and other " post-Farmerian " writers ( denoting authors working with or in a similar vein as Eckert, who are admirers of Farmer's Wold Newton biographies and fiction ) have – through crossovers documented in Eckert's massive online Crossover Chronology ( published in book form by Black Coat Press in two volumes in 2010 as Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World ), and through parascholarly articles such as those appearing on the various WNU-themed websites online ; Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe ( edited by Win Scott Eckert, MonkeyBrain Books, 2005, a 2007 Locus Award finalist ) and in various issues of the pro-zine dedicated to and authorized by Farmer, Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer ( published by Michael Croteau, webmaster of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page ) – brought numerous further fictional characters into the WNU.

As editor of Locus Charles N. Brown has won 8 of 13 nominations, though he shared 8 of those awards with Dena Brown.

As editor of Locus Charles N. Brown has won 21 of 27 nominations, though he shared 5 of those awards with Kirsten Gong-Wong, 3 with Liza Groen Trombi and 2 with Jennifer A.

However it does have two community venues, used regularly for music and drama, in the Town Hall and the Locus Centre.

* Locus Control Region, a phrase used in epigenetics in molecular biology

AIX PS / 2 ( also known as AIX / 386 ) was developed by Locus Computing Corporation under contract to IBM.

In 1988, IBM announced AIX / 370, also developed by Locus Computing.

The first book in the series, The Dying Earth, was ranked number 16 of 33 " All Time Best Fantasy Novels " by Locus in 1987, based on a poll of subscribers, although it was marketed as a collection and the ISFDB calls it a " loosely connected series of stories ".

* Mars Crossing ( 2000 ) by Geoffrey A. Landis, about a stranded expedition ; which won the Locus Award for best first novel.

* Achievement style theory focuses upon identification of an individual's Locus of Control tendency, such as by Rotter's evaluations, and was found by Cassandra Bolyard Whyte to provide valuable information for improving academic performance of students.

OSF / 1 AD ( Advanced Development ) was a distributed version of OSF / 1 developed for massively parallel supercomputers by Locus Computing Corporation.

* “ An Act of Contrition ” in Liavek ( 1985, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly ; Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology )

Prelude to Foundation is a Locus Award nominated 1988 novel written by Isaac Asimov.

Foundation and Earth is a Locus Award nominated science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series.

* O2 Wireless USA, the former name of H2O Wireless, a prepaid wireless service offered in the USA by Locus Telecommunications

( A so-called " Platinum Edition " DVD mentioned in a review by Lawrence Person on Locus Online is an April Fools Hoax.

In Oct 1984 Locus repoirted that neither Ackerman nor Lamont knew where they stood with the elusive publisher, but that instead of being printed, the galleys for the first issue ( editdd by Lamont ) were re-set.

It was not well received by Locus Online, which stated it was " a preview that bodes not well " and " the other offerings range from mediocre to awful.

Voiced by Shelly Frasier, it was criticized by John Adams of Locus as being pleasant but with distracting dialects.

This was followed by the Chanur's Venture trilogy, Chanur's Venture ( 1984 ), which was shortlisted for a Locus Award in 1985 ; The Kif Strike Back ( 1985 ); Chanur's Homecoming ( 1986 ), and a later sequel, Chanur's Legacy ( 1992 ).

Win4Lin was based on Merge software developed by engineers at Locus Computing Corporation, founded by Gerald J. Popek and others in 1982, which was later taken over by a company called Platinum Technology.

These later versions were marketed directly by Locus as well as through some OEM and ISV channels.

Following his discharge from navy service, Brown went to work as a nuclear engineer but later on changed careers and entered the publishing field ; he became a full-time science fiction editor with Locus in 1975.