The relationship among locus of control, coping styles, and psychological symptom reporting

One hundred two subjects provided locus of control, coping style, psychological symptom, and related information. While locus of control and other predictors were related individually to reports of symptomatology, multiple regressions showed only direct coping strategies and lower reported perceptio...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1991-05, Vol.47 (3), p.336-345
Main Authors: Petrosky, Mary Jo, Birkimer, John C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety - psychology
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Depression - psychology
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Personality Development
Personality Inventory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social research
Somatoform Disorders - psychology
Stress
Techniques and methods
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Summary:One hundred two subjects provided locus of control, coping style, psychological symptom, and related information. While locus of control and other predictors were related individually to reports of symptomatology, multiple regressions showed only direct coping strategies and lower reported perceptions of stressfulness as consistently predicting reduced symptom reporting; they generally predicted 25 to 35% of the variance in symptomatology. Direct coping, in turn, was found to be predicted strongly by the combination of increased age, perceptions of the controllability of situations, and an internal locus of control. Older subjects reported fewer attributions to chance locus of control, more direct coping, and less symptomatology, which suggests a possible developmental trend toward better adjustment in these relatively young adults.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<336::AID-JCLP2270470303>3.0.CO;2-L