On feeling in control: A biological theory for individual differences in control perception

Declerck, Carolyn H.; Boone, Christophe; Brabander, Bert De

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2006.04.004

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“…Furthermore, the results showed that safety climate significantly predicted occupational SA among workers. This is consistent with the findings of previous studies (43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48) and can be interpreted on the basis of the following possibilities. First, studies have shown that safety climate is related to perceived helplessness and uncontrollability.…”

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“…The weak safety climate in work situations often suggested a sense of helplessness and lack of control. They felt that they had no control over accident occurrence, which, to them, seemed to be unavoidable and uncontrollable; therefore, they felt that maintaining awareness of their work situation cannot help them prevent accidents (44). Second, workers' positive perspectives regarding safety climate cause them to perceive their organizations as supportive, concerned, and interested in their general well-being and safety, as a result, they are more likely to perceive their organizations as valuing their safety rather than more production (45,46).…”

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The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

Kiani

Borjali

Farahbakhsh

et al. 2013

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Received: February 2015, Accepted: April 2015 Background: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the ability of employees to maintain awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict how situations will develop. In the present study, we examined the role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting occupational situation awareness (SA) among workers. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 180 employees of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014. Subjects were selected using the stratified random sampling method and responded to questionnaires about demographic characteristics, occupational SA (Sneddon et al.), fatalistic beliefs (Williamson et al.), and safety climate (Hayes et al.). The data were analyzed using correlation techniques and stepwise regression. Results:The results showed internal correlation among fatalistic beliefs, safety climate, and occupational SA. Moreover, the results of stepwise regression analysis revealed that fatalistic beliefs and safety climate significantly predicted, respectively, almost 18% and 20% of variances of occupational SA among workers. Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, fatalistic beliefs and safety climate can predict occupational SA. Therefore, considering these variables can be important in promoting the awareness of work situation among workers.

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The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

Kiani

Borjali

Farahbakhsh

et al. 2013

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“…Much of this work has led to the hypothesis that LOC scores reflect individual differences in tonic frontal dopamine (DA) transmission (Declerck et al, 2006). Evidence includes the correlation of LOC scores with serum DA metabolite levels (De Brabander and deClerck, 2004), as well as with frontal lobe function (Amrhein et al, 1999;Stevens et al, 1999).…”

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Endogenous Opioid Blockade and Impulsive Responding in Alcoholics and Healthy Controls

Mitchell

Fields

et al. 2006

Neuropsychopharmacol

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The opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone (NTX) is one of few approved treatments for alcoholism, yet the mechanism by which it reduces drinking remains unclear. In rats, NTX reduces morphine-induced impulsive choice bias; however, nothing is known about the drug's effect on discrete aspects of impulsive behavior in humans, such as decision-making and inhibitory control. Here, we used a modified delay discounting procedure to investigate whether NTX improves decision-making or inhibitory control in humans. We measured the effect of acute NTX (50 mg) on choice between smaller sooner (SS) and larger later monetary rewards and on response errors (motor mismatch) in a high conflict condition in a group of abstinent alcoholics (AA) and healthy control subjects (CS). We previously reported that AA selected the SS option significantly more often than did CS in this paradigm. If the choice bias of AA is due to enhanced endogenous opioid signaling in response to potential reward, NTX should reduce such bias in the AA group. We found that NTX did not reliably reduce impulsive choice in the AA group; however, NTX's effect on choice bias across individuals was robustly predictable. NTX's effect on choice bias was significantly correlated with scores on Rotter's Locus of Control (LOC) scale; increasingly internal LOC scores predicted increasing likelihood of impulsive choices on NTX. In addition, we found that NTX significantly enhanced control of motor responses, particularly within the CS group. These results suggest that endogenous opioids may impair response selection during decision-making under conflict, and that NTX's effects on explicit decision-making are personality-dependent. Determining the biological basis of this dependence could have important implications for effective alcoholism treatment.

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“…Specifically, an external locus of control (i.e., a tendency to attribute consequences and events to external factors such as luck, other people, or uncontrollable forces) has been associated with (1) a reduced anticipation that a specific behavior will lead to a reward (e.g., Rotter, 1966); (2) increased psychological and biological stress reactivity (e.g., Bollini, Walker, Hamann, & Kestler, 2004;Kobasa, 1979); and (3) dysregulation of plasma concentrations of dopamine metabolites (De Brabander & Declerk, 2004). These findings suggest that individuals characterized by low perception of control are less responsive to rewards and more sensitive to stressors, possibly due to subtle differences in the mesolimic dopamine reward system (Declerck, Boone, & De Brabander, 2006). Third, individuals suffering from melancholic depression, a subtype of depression characterized by anhedonic features, often show hypercortisolemia (Gold & Chrousos, 1999;Ehlert et al, 2001;Gold & Chrousos, 2002) and report higher levels of subjective severity, but not number, of minor daily stressors compared to control individuals and individuals with nonmelancholic depression (Willner, Wilkes & Orwin, 1990).…”

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Increased perceived stress is associated with blunted hedonic capacity: Potential implications for depression research

Pizzagalli

Bogdan

Ratner

et al. 2007

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Preclinical studies suggest that stress exerts depressogenic effects by impairing hedonic capacity; in humans, however, the precise mechanisms linking stress and depression are largely unknown. As an initial step towards better understanding the association between stress and anhedonia, the present study tested, in two independent samples, whether individuals reporting elevated stress exhibit decreased hedonic capacity. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) measured the degree to which participants appraised their daily life as unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overwhelming. Hedonic capacity was objectively assessed using a signal-detection task based on a differential reinforcement schedule. Decreased reward responsiveness (i.e., the participants' propensity to modulate behavior as a function of reward) was used as an operational measure of hedonic capacity. In both Study 1 (n = 88) and Study 2 (n = 80), participants with high PSS scores displayed blunted reward responsiveness and reported elevated anhedonic symptoms. Additionally, PSS scores predicted reduced reward responsiveness even after controlling for general distress and anxiety symptoms. These findings are consistent with preclinical data highlighting links between stress and anhedonia, and offer promising insights into potential mechanisms linking stress to depression.

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On feeling in control: A biological theory for individual differences in control perception

Cited by 95 publications

References 310 publications

The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

Endogenous Opioid Blockade and Impulsive Responding in Alcoholics and Healthy Controls

Increased perceived stress is associated with blunted hedonic capacity: Potential implications for depression research

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