Effect of Locus of Control and Gender on Happiness Among Indian Adolescents

The purpose of the present study was to study the effect of locus of control and gender on happiness level among adolescents. Participants were randomly selected from the city of Cuttack (located in the state of Odisha, India) and their responses was collected on Julian Rotter's Locus of Control scale and Oxford’s Happiness Questionnaire. Prior to the study, all of the ethical procedures of the study were completed, and the study was conducted in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Descriptive statistics were done to summarize the dependent and independent variables. For all analyses, results were considered statistically significant at the p ≤ .05 level, and a between-subjects ANOVA was used to analyze the shortlisted data. All tests were two-tailed.<br><br>For detailed steps to reproduce the research, see<i>Figure 1: Study flow diagram.</i><i><br></i>For Results: See Table 1, Table 2 and Figure 2

本研究旨在探讨心理控制源（locus of control）与性别对青少年幸福感水平的影响。研究对象从印度奥里萨邦（Odisha）库塔克（Cuttack）市随机选取，采用朱利安·罗特（Julian Rotter）心理控制源量表（Julian Rotter's Locus of Control scale）与牛津幸福感问卷（Oxford’s Happiness Questionnaire）收集被试作答数据。本研究开展前已完成全部伦理审查流程，严格遵循《赫尔辛基宣言》（Declaration of Helsinki）的相关原则实施。采用描述性统计方法对因变量与自变量进行汇总分析；所有分析均以p≤0.05作为统计学显著性判定阈值，并采用被试间方差分析（between-subjects ANOVA）对筛选后的数据进行分析，所有检验均为双侧检验。<br><br>如需复现本研究的详细步骤，请参见<i>图1：研究流程图</i>。<br>研究结果请参见表1、表2及图2。