Locus of Control and its Relationship with Parental Treatment Style between Gifted and Normal Pupils in Basic Schools in Gezira State- Sudan

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the differences between the gifted and the normal pupils of the fourth class at the basic level schools, Gezira State, with reference to locus of control and its relationship with parental treatment style. The study also aimed at identifying the nature of the correlation between locus of control and the parental treatment style as far as the gifted and the normal pupils are concerned. The study adopted two parts of the descriptive method; the correlational and the causal comparative. The tools of the study included locus of control scale, scale of parental treatment style and Stanford-Binet Test which were applied to (200) male and female pupils; (100) of them were gifted and (100) were normal pupils. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the gifted and the normal pupils concerning the locus of control, and the parental treatment style; as well as significant correlation between the two variables.