Effect of Personal Variables on Locus of Control of College Students

The present study has been designed to investigate the locus of control of college students and also to see their differences on gender, area of residence and education stream with locus of control. The study was conducted over a sample of 240 (120 males and 120 females) who were belong to urban and rural area. Roma Pal's locus of control scale was used. The result reported that there exists a significant relationship between locus of control of male students and female students. No significant relationship observed between locus of control of urban and rural area students. And also no significant difference was found between science and commerce students' locus of control whereas science and arts students differ significantly in their locus of control, same way commerce and arts students also differ significantly in their locus of control.