A Comparative Study of Internal-external locus of Control and Coping Style between impoverished college students and normal college students

Objective To compare the difference in the internal-external control and coping style between impoverished students and normal students.Methods 8 379 normal college students and 715 impoverished college students were investigated by SOC and Simplify Coping Style Questionare.Results In the SOC test,there is remarkable difference between them. In the coping style test,the score of positive coping of the impoverished students were higher than the normal students. There is little deference in score of the negative coping between them. There is significant correlation between impoverished college students’ internal-external control and coping style.Conclusion The internal-external control and coping style of the impoverished college students are better than normal students’.