Multidimensional health locus of control beliefs and psychological health for a sample of mothers

Raja, Shyamala Nada; Williams, Sheila; McGee, Rob

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)90330-1

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“…Further, being a yea-sayer (or high on all three MHLC Scales) was also related to high hostility. Other research has found this yea-sayer type to be positively related to depression in a sample of mothers (Raja et al, 1994). Although there is considerable evidence for a relationship between an external locus of control and depression and anxiety, there is a paucity of research on the relationship between locus of control and hostility.…”

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Some correlates of health locus of control among multicultural individuals

1997

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The relationship of locus of control to depression, anxiety, hostility, and physical health was assessed in a sample of multicultural college students (N = 162). Powerful Others Health Locus of Control was correlated with depression, anxiety, hostility, and recent physical symptoms while Chance Health Locus of Control (CHLC) was correlated with all of the above as well as chronic physical symptoms and major health problems. When controlling for ~ variety of health risk factors (viz., age, sex, body mass, exercise, smoking, salt, alcohol, and caffeine), only CHLC remained significant in the physical health models. Results support the cognitive model of mental health which emphasize the importance of adaptive beliefs. Specifically, they suggest that issues about control are related to negative affect and indicate that the often-cited relationship of an external locus of control to depression and anxiety also holds for hostility. The findings do not, however, support the view that anxiety and depression are associated with different types of external locus of control but rather suggest a unified set of locus of control beliefs underlying the three types of negative affect. In addition, evidence is provided for the external validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales with respect to mental health. Further, the results indicate that belief about one's health may play a significant role in one's physical health and that the health behavior model of the relationship between locus of control and physical health is insufficient to explain the relationship. As the Chance and Powerful Others MHLC scales were not related to health habits in this sample but were related to mental health (viz., depression, anxiety, and hostility), locus of control beliefs may be related to physical health via their relationship with mental health.According to social learning theory (Rotter, 1966), the potential for a behavior to occur in a given situation is the function of expectancy that the behavior will lead to a reinforcement and the value of that reinforcement to the individual. The basic principle underlying the concept of locus of control derives from social learning theory and argues that reinforcement may be perceived as either contingent upon one's behavior (an internal locus of control) or as independent of one's behavior (an external locus of control).A considerable body of literature utilizing Rotter's (1966) I-E Scale has examined the relationship between locus of control and mental health (particularly depression and anxiety). Abramowitz (1969) was one of the first to demonstrate a positive relationship between an external locus of control and depression. Subsequently, a large number of studies in this area were carried out that almost unequivocally supported the external locus of control-depression connection (e.g., Kumchy, 1981;Morris, 1981;Costello, 1982). Research on the role of "learned helplessness" in depression provides

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“…For example, in a sample of 772 women, an internal locus of control was associated with good reported physical health (Raja, Williams, & McGee, 1994). Similarly, in a sample of 2,090 middle-aged males, Krause and Stryker (1984) found that an internal locus of control had a buffering role against the effects of job and economic stress on health.…”

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Some correlates of health locus of control among multicultural individuals

1997

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“…HLC has been conceptualized as being comprised of three domains of causality: (a) personal control, (b) powerful others control, and (c) chance or fate control (Wallston, Wallston, & DeVellis, 1978). HLC researchers found that more desirable outcomes generally accompanied an internal HLC (Peterson, 1999;Raja, Williams, & McGee, 1994;Strickland, 1978;). Yet, little attention has been paid to the means of perceived control (Bandura, 1997) and its origins, particularly faith-related ones.…”

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Effects of faith and secular factors on locus of control in middle-aged and older cardiac patients

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Aging & Mental Health

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The complex relationships between faith factors and health locus of control were explored. Different from general expectancy, internal control was conceptualized as event-specific self-efficacy. Both control and faith are multidimensional phenomena and affect an individual's health and wellbeing. Yet, how faith and secular factors (e.g., demographic variables) are jointly related to personal control of patients in the face of medical crises remains empirically under-examined. Based on a comprehensive review of different aspects of perceived personal control, spiritual surrender, and faith factors, we presumed a multivariate association among them. Using data from two sequential interviews and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' Adult Cardiac Database, the study examined the association between these faith factors and different health loci of control among 224 middle-aged and older patients 1 day prior to major cardiac surgery. Primary findings from multiple regression analyses generally supported our hypotheses. Greater internal control was positively related to using private prayer for coping, an event-specific "vicarious" control strategy, but negatively related to subjective religiosity, a general faith measure, after controlling for effects of other secular factors, especially cardiac-significant ones. Several factors in the medical history affected different loci of control. Older age and minority status were associated with greater external control.

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“…13,14 Unlike patients with a high level of dependence on others, persons believing they themselves are in control are generally less distressed in stressful situations, which might be associated with better disease-specific quality of life. 15,16 In contrast, hostility and other aggressive personality traits might have a negative impact on the IBDQ. In adolescents with IBD, hostility is related to higher level of subjective illness, and hostility is generally related to poor health habits and interpersonal conflicts.…”

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