Relationship between Locus of control external & enternal and usage of social media on low performance of students at Islamic Azad University of Zanjan

The present research intends to examine the relationship between internal and external locus of control and the extent to use communication networks and academic failure among students of Islamic Azad University. The sample group was selected among 385 students via cluster random sampling method. The students gave response to Rotter's Locus of Control Scale and research-made questionnaire concerning communication networks; average grade of previous semester of the students was used as the score of their academic failure. The obtained data were analyzed via Pearson correlation tests and stepwise regression. Results indicated that there is a negative significant relationship between internal locus of control and academic failure at 0.05 level. There is a positive significant relationship between external source of control and academic failure at 0.05 level. There is a negative significant relationship between the extent to use communication networks and academic failure at 0.05 level. Result from stepwise regression analysis indicated that 5% of the variance of academic failure is determined through the variables of internal locus of control and the extent to use network.

Keywords:

locus of control , communication networks , academic failure