An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement

Hutcheson, Catriona; Fleming, Mick; Martin, Colin R.

doi:10.1111/jpm.12160

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“…In fact, Frenkel et al (1995) found that an externalizing bias was one of the strongest longitudinal predictors of psychotic disorders. Further, among individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, having an external attribution orientation is associated with poorer prognosis and more severe depressive, negative, and positive symptoms (Hutcheson, Fleming, & Martin, 2014). Both CHR (Thompson, Papas, Bartholomeusz, Nelson, & Yung, 2013) and subclinical levels of psychosis (Cooper et al, 2008; Levine, Jonas, & Serper, 2004; Thompson et al, 2011) have also been linked to significant elevations in measures of external locus of control.…”

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Trauma and the psychosis spectrum: A review of symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms

Gibson

Alloy

Ellman

2016

Clinical Psychology Review

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Traumatic life events have been robustly associated with various psychosis outcomes, including increased risk of psychotic disorders, the prodrome of psychosis, and dimensional measures of psychotic symptoms, such as attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. However, trauma exposure has been linked to various mental disorders; therefore, the specificity of trauma exposure to psychosis remains unclear. This review focuses on two understudied areas of the trauma and psychosis literature: 1) the specificity between trauma and psychosis in relation to other disorders that often result post-trauma, and 2) proposed mechanisms that uniquely link trauma to psychosis. We begin by discussing the underlying connection between trauma exposure and the entire psychosis spectrum with a focus on the influence of trauma type and specific psychotic symptoms. We then consider how the principles of multifinality and equifinality can be useful in elucidating the trauma-psychosis relationship versus the trauma-other disorder relationship. Next, we discuss several cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms that might uniquely account for the association between trauma and psychosis, as well as the role of gender. Lastly, we review important methodological issues that complicate the research on trauma and psychosis, ending with clinical implications for the field.

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Trauma and the psychosis spectrum: A review of symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms

Gibson

Alloy

Ellman

2016

Clinical Psychology Review

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136

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“…Furthermore, the hopelessness theory of suicidality ( 19 , 20 ) posits that early adversity can facilitate the development of a negative cognitive style as an enduring vulnerability factor characterized by external control beliefs (i.e., events are mainly controlled by others and outside of personal control) as well as negative self-evaluations (e.g., being worthless, lack of self-efficacy). Such a cognitive style has shown to trigger threat anticipation, paranoid ideas, depressive symptoms, and finally suicidal ideation ( 21 , 22 ). The interpersonal theory of suicidality ( 20 , 23 , 24 ) suggests that the experience of adversities/trauma increases the risk for suicidality through thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, which are especially pronounced in patients with psychosis due to diminished social connectedness as well as stigma ( 20 , 25 ) and experiences of being a burden on caregivers ( 26 ).…”

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Mediators Linking Childhood Adversities and Trauma to Suicidality in Individuals at Risk for Psychosis

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Suicidality is highly prevalent in patients at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis. Childhood adversities and trauma are generally predictive of suicidality. However, the differential effects of adversity/trauma-domains and CHR-criteria, i.e., ultra-high risk and basic symptom criteria, on suicidality remain unclear. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms and, thus, worthwhile targets for suicide-prevention are still poorly understood. Therefore, structural equation modeling was used to test theory-driven models in 73 CHR-patients. Mediators were psychological variables, i.e., beliefs about one’s own competencies as well as the controllability of events and coping styles. In addition, symptomatic variables (depressiveness, basic symptoms, attenuated psychotic symptoms) were hypothesized to mediate the effect of psychological mediators on suicidality as the final outcome variable. Results showed two independent pathways. In the first pathway, emotional and sexual but not physical adversity/trauma was associated with suicidality, which was mediated by dysfunctional competence/control beliefs, a lack of positive coping-strategies and depressiveness. In the second pathway, cognitive basic symptoms but not attenuated psychotic symptoms mediated the relationship between trauma/adversity and suicidality. CHR-patients are, thus, particularly prone to suicidality if adversity/trauma is followed by the development of depressiveness. Regarding the second pathway, this is the first study showing that adversity/trauma led to suicidality through an increased risk for psychosis as indicated by cognitive basic symptoms. As insight is generally associated with suicidality, this may explain why self-experienced basic symptoms increase the risk for it. Consequently, these mediators should be monitored regularly and targeted by integrated interventions as early as possible to enhance resilience against suicidality.

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“…Future research could include taking overweight subjects and use an intervening method to see if they could recognize the benefits of owning their weight and potentially losing it. Lastly, the study of Hutcheson, Fleming, and Martin (2014) demonstrated the relationship between locus of control and positive health. The same intervening methodology could also be used here for future research.…”

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“…Lastly from a kinesiology perspective, Hutcheson, Fleming, and Martin (2014) researched the impact on one's locus of control and their respective health. As demonstrated in previous research across multiple disciplines, those with internal locus of control feel as though they have more control and take initiative to maintain positive health.…”

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A Review of Classical Motivation Theories

Kovach

2018

jise

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This manuscript demonstrates the value of understanding locus of control in higher education. Understanding this value provides educators with the ability to potentially predict academic outcomes, and have the foresight to guide students to achievement. First, the manuscript identifies and explores the classic theories of motivation from the mid-1900s. Then, a study is conducted that hypothesizes a correlation between demographic variables (age, gender, graduate/undergraduate classification) and locus of control using Rotter’s (1966) locus of control questionnaire. Finally, examples from four different disciplines are provided. This manuscript proposes suggestions for future research that will contribute to the findings of the overall construct of motivation, and more specifically, student locus of control in higher education.

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An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement

Cited by 4 publications

References 82 publications

Trauma and the psychosis spectrum: A review of symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms

Trauma and the psychosis spectrum: A review of symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms

Mediators Linking Childhood Adversities and Trauma to Suicidality in Individuals at Risk for Psychosis

A Review of Classical Motivation Theories

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