The Moderating Role of Locus of Control in the Relationship between Dimension of Family Communication Patterns and Critical Thinking Disposition of High School Students

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating role of the locus of control in the relationship between the dimensions of family communication pattern and the components of critical thinking disposition of high school students. For this purpose, by multistage random cluster sampling method, 359 students were selected and completed The Critical Thinking Disposition scale, The Revised Family Communication Patterns Instrument and the Locus of Control Scale. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that innovativeness, mental involvement and critical thinking disposition were positively predicted by conversation orientation. Conformity orientation did not predict any of the components of critical thinking disposition. The study of the interactional effect of the dimensions of family communication patterns and the locus of control indicated that locus of control had not moderating role in the relationship between dimensions of family communication pattern of predicting. The communication patterns was the same in both of the internal and external locus of control children.