The examination in the locus of controls of the students in the different kinds of high school in terms of some variables

In this research, the relation level of the locus of control with mother attitudes and the relation level of locus of control with father attitudes of different kinds of high school students and whether the locus of controls indicate differentiation or not; in terms of the gender, kinds of high school, education level of mother, education level of father, socio-economic level, by whom all the decisions about the family subjects are made, by whom the decisions about the student subjects are made, from whom students take assistance while solving problems, the general approach of the parents about choosing vocation, what kind of vocation students want to be, the oppimons of the students about which vocation is the best were examined. This research covers 2nd years students and attending at science high school, anatolian high school, super section of the general high school and general high school in the border of city of Ankara during second term of 2003-2004 education year. In sampling, the set sampling method, is elected and used. The grand total studied, reached at 400 students. In form of measurement tools used in the research, Nowicki-Strickland Locus Of Control Scale and Parents Attitude Scale are used. Data, about discrete variables contained in the research, are gathered from articles in personal information form. Data are analized with using SPSS 11.0 for Windows programme. In the research, Independant-Samples T Test, One-Way ANOVA and Multiple Linear Regression analysis are used. Test of significance, is made subject of assessments acording to p<0.05. At the end of the research, the locus of controls is not determined to change, acording to the gender, what kind of vocation students want to be and the oppimons of the students about which vocation is the best. The variables, resulting in significant meaningful changes in the locus of control, are the kinds of high school, the education level of mother, the education level of father, the socio-economic level, by whom all the decisions about the family subjects are made, by whom thevıı decisions about the student subjects are made, from whom students take assistance while solving problems and the general approach of the parents about choosing vocation. Between mother attitudes and te locus of control points of the students; The locus of control and the democratic mother attitude produce significantly negative relationship, at p<.001 level, the locus of control and the protective mother attitude produce significantly positive relationship, at p<.001 level, the locus of control and the authoritarian mother attitude produce significantly positive relationship, at p<.001 level. The democratic mother attitude provides explanations about 14 %, the protective mother attitude provides explanations about 10 %, the authoritarian mother attitude provides explanations about 25 % of the total variance of locus of control. Between father attitudes and te locus of control points of the students; The locus of control and the democratic father attitude produce significantly negative relationship, at p<.001 level, the locus of control and the protective father attitude produce significantly positive relationship, at p<.001 level, the locus of control and the authoritarian father attitude produce significantly positive relationship, at p<.001 level. The democratic father attitude provides explanations about 14 %, the protective father attitude provides explanations about 1 3 %, the authoritarian father attitude provides explanations about 25 % of the total variance of locus of control.