scholarly journals Differential associations of locus of control with anxiety, depression and life-events: A five-wave, nine-year study to test stability and change

2019 ◽  
Vol 253 ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna H.M. Hovenkamp-Hermelink ◽  
Bertus F. Jeronimus ◽  
Date C. van der Veen ◽  
Philip Spinhoven ◽  
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Anxiety, depression and stressful life events among medical students: a prospective study in Antalya, Turkey

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Aktekin ◽  
Taha Karaman ◽  
Yesim Yigiter Senol ◽  
Sukru Erdem ◽  
Hakan Erengin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Anxiety Depression

scholarly journals Intelligence and social competence among high-risk adolescents

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suniya S. Luthar ◽  
Edward Zigler
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Ego Development ◽  
Sociocultural Influences ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

AbstractInteractions between intelligence and psychosocial factors were examined in terms of influences on social competence among 144 inner-city ninth-grade students. Psychosocial variables examined included ego development, locus of control, and positive and negative life events. Definitions of social competence were based on peer ratings, teacher ratings, and school grades. Results indicated that, unlike their less intelligent peers, intelligent youngsters showed higher competence levels at high versus low levels of both ego development and internal locus of control. Findings were interpreted in the context of sociocultural influences on academic achievement among disadvantaged adolescents.

DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SCALE OF NON-THEISTIC SPIRITUALITY: CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPIRITUALITY TO THE LOCUS OF CONTROL

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-438
Author(s):  
João P. Da Silva ◽  
Anabela M. S. Pereira ◽  
Sara O. M. Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Spiritual Awareness ◽  
Lack Of Control

The present study aims to compare measures of spirituality and religiosity in the experience of the locus of control. For this purpose a scale of non-theistic spirituality (Spiritual Awareness Scale) was developed to better distinguish spirituality from religiosity. The sample included 279 participants, 86 males (30.8%) and 193 females (69.2%), aged between 17 and 69 (M = 24.42, SD = 9.463). The results showed that the Spiritual Awareness Scale has acceptable psychometric characteristics as also good convergent and practical validity. The findings revealed that spirituality and religiosity affect the perception of the locus of control in opposite ways: the greater the spirituality, the greater the feeling of personal control over life events; and the greater the religiosity, the more the feeling of lack of control. These results raise important questions about the operationalization of both concepts of spirituality and religiosity.

scholarly journals Abortion and psychological distress in Icelandic women

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Vilhjalmsson
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Abstract Background Previous research into the psychological consequences of abortion has presented misleading results, as some studies suggest negative consequences and others do not. The current study focuses on the relationship between having or not having an abortion and psychological distress in the form of depression, anxiety and anger. Methods The study uses data from 792 female participants in a random national health survey of Icelandic adults, age 18-75. The survey was conducted in the Spring of 2015. Respondents were given the option of answering an anomymous study questionnaire via mail or online (response rate 58%). The questionnaire asked respondents about psychiatric and physical conditions requiring medical attention in the past 12 months, stressful life-events in the past 12 months, and ongoing life-strains. Female respondents were asked whether or not they had had an induced abortion in the past 12 months. Psychological distress during the past week was assessed with the depression, anxiety, and anger subscales of the SCL-90 checklist. Results Women who had had an abortion (2% of female respondents) reported higher levels of anxiety, depression, and anger than other women. The differences were statistically significant when controlling for age, education, family income, previous psychiatric and physical conditions, and previous stressful life-events and life-strains. Conclusions The study indicates that women who have had an abortion are worse off psychologically than other women, and the difference is only partially accounted for by previous mental and physical health, or previous stressful circumstances. Health services for women considering abortion should be carefully considered, psychological distress assessed, and ways explored to ameliorate the distress they may experience following the abortion. Key messages Abortion is related to higher levels of anxiety, depression and anger in Icelandic women. Health services for women considering abortion should be carefully considered and psychological distress assessed.

Timing of Stressful Life Events Affects Stability and Change of Neuroticism

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriëtte Riese ◽  
Harold Snieder ◽  
Bertus F. Jeronimus ◽  
Tellervo Korhonen ◽  
Richard J. Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Twin Pair ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Dizygotic Twin ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Set Point ◽  
High Baseline

Neuroticism is a predictor of many health problems. To study the determinants of within–subject change in neuroticism, three hypotheses were tested: (i) subjects who experienced stressful life events (SLEs) show an increase in neuroticism; (ii) high baseline neuroticism moderated this effect; and (iii) recent SLEs had a greater impact on neuroticism than distant SLEs. Data came from the Finnish Twin Cohort. Neuroticism data were collected in 1975 and 1981 and SLEs data in 1981 (n = 21 085). By entering baseline neuroticism as a predictor for neuroticism at follow–up, the outcome measure was change in neuroticism. Changes in neuroticism were predicted from SLE indices or their interaction with baseline neuroticism. Timing of SLEs was taken into account by distinguishing recent from distant SLEs. To control for confounding by shared genes and environments, both within–twin pair and between–twin pair effects were tested for monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs separately. Neuroticism's six–year stability was high (r = .58, p < .001). Exposure to SLEs modestly increased neuroticism (βs > .55, ps < .001), unconfounded by shared genes. This effect was not moderated by high baseline neuroticism. Recent SLEs (.09 < βs < .15) had more impact than distant SLEs (.03 < βs < .11; ps < .01). In conclusion, the findings strongly supported a model of environmentally driven SLEs causing dynamic fluctuations around a person's set point of neuroticism. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

scholarly journals Events associated with stability and change in adult locus of control orientation over a six-year period

2018 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Nowicki ◽  
Genette Ellis ◽  
Yasmin Iles-Caven ◽  
Steven Gregory ◽  
Jean Golding
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Control Orientation

scholarly journals The interaction of reinforcement sensitivity and life events in the prediction of anhedonic depression and mixed anxiety-depression symptoms

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie E. Hundt ◽  
Rosemery O. Nelson-Gray ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel ◽  
John T. Mitchell ◽  
Thomas R. Kwapil
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Reinforcement Sensitivity ◽  
Anhedonic Depression ◽  
Anxiety Depression
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