A Study of the Relationship between the Locus of Control and the Amount of Group Acceptance and Educational Performance Among the Students of the Islamic Azad University

In the current study the relationship between the locus of control and the amount of group acceptance and educational performance among the students of the Islamic Azad university, Ahwaz Branch has been studied. The subjects included 240 students selected randomly. This study is a descriptive and correlational one. In order to measure the research hypotheses, Rotter internal-external locus of control questionnaire and Moreno sociometry test were used. For data analysis, Pearson coefficient of correlation, multivariate regression analysis and t-test for independent groups were used. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between external locus of control and educational performance (r= 0.48 and P<0.001). Also there is a significant negative relationship between the locus of control and group acceptance (r= -0.24 and P< 0.001). on the other hand, multivariate regression analysis showed that the multivariate coefficient is higher than the simple ones (r= 0.55 and P< 0.001). So, the locus of control and group acceptance variables can significantly affect the educational performance of the students. In addition, using the t-test the comparison of the scores of the locus of control and group acceptance showed that-from the marital status and sex point of view-there is no significant difference between the scores.