Locus of control and the attribution for poverty: Comparing lebanese and south african university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 777-796

  Nasser, Ramzi ^a   Abouchedid, Kamal ^a   Daniel, T L Shek ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causes of poverty; Lebanese students; Locus of control; South african students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747125799     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.7.777     Document Type: Review

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