Mental health and locus of control: SCL-90-R and Levenson's IPC scales

Holder, Elaine E.; Leví, Daniel

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(198809)44:5<753::aid-jclp2270440514>3.0.co;2-a

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“…Much research has found mastery to be favorably related to aspects of mental well-being such as depression (e.g., Rubio and Lubin 1986), anxiety (Holder and Levi 1988), and psychiatric symptomatology (Liu et al 2009;Dag 1999) as well as to physical health outcomes (Lachman 2006). These associations have been documented in many populations, including college students.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Development of Self-regulation Abilities as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment Across the First Year of College

2011

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The first year of college can be a difficult developmental transition for many students, although it is also a time of personal growth and maturation. Little is known about how self-regulation abilities mature across this transition, nor whether maturation predicts better adjustment across the first year. We investigated the development of three self-regulation abilities (constructive thinking, emotional regulation, and mastery) and relations of this development to adjustment (depression, anxiety, and stress) in a sample of 162 first-year students. Data were gathered at two time points: just prior to their attendance at a large public northeastern university and then again at the end of the first year. Results indicated that, on average, students did not increase in their constructive thinking or emotion regulation abilities and actually decreased in their sense of mastery. In bivariate analyses, increases in all three self-regulation abilities were related to better adjustment across the year, effects that remained when examined simultaneously in multiple regression analyses. Further, analyses showed that change in self-regulation abilities, rather than mean levels per se, predicted changes in adjustment over the first year. Implications for interventions to assist students in the development of these selfregulation skills in regard to adjustment are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Development of Self-regulation Abilities as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment Across the First Year of College

2011

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“…In addition, the relationship between locus of control and psychopathology may be further affected by demographic variables such as sex. In a sample of introductory psychology students, Holder & Levi (1988) found the expected correlation between symptom reporting and Levenson's (1973) I, C, and P scales for female subjects. Males showed only a correlation between the C scale and increased symptom reporting.…”

Section: Personality and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

University transition: major and minor life stressors, personality characteristics and mental health

1994

Psychol. Med.

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SYNOPSIS One hundred and two first-year students at an independent college in Taiwan participated in a questionnaire study. Measurements of stressors (major life events, minor daily hassles and perceived university stress), personality (locus of control, extraversion and neuroticism) and mental health (depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms) were taken. Using multivariate analyses, we found that: (1) life events predicted anxiety, while daily hassles predicted depression;(2) locus of control and extraversion correlated negatively, while neuroticism correlated positively with university stress; and (3) neuroticism had a main effect on symptom reportings across the board, while extraversion had a vulnerability effect on somatic symptoms. Relationships between life events and daily hassles, and the roles of personality in the stress process, are discussed.

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“…A fourth personality trait of interest is health locus of control, the degree to which individuals believe that their health is controlled by internal factors, external factors, or by chance. As opposed to patients with a high level of dependency on others, persons believing that they are in control are generally less distressed in stressful situations [16]. Patients who exhibit a high level of social conformity will often report somatic rather than psychiatric symptoms, since such symptoms are more socially acceptable.…”

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confidence: 99%