Research with the Locus of Control Construct

List of Contributors

Preface

1 Introduction

References

I Applications of Locus of Control Research

2 Locus of Control, Work, and Retirement

Introduction

Occupational Choice and Career Planning

Occupational Attainment and Job Performance

Work Structures, Affective Responses, and Powerlessness

Work and Nonwork

Conclusions

References

3 Psychophysiology and Perceived Locus of Control: Critical Review, Theoretical Speculation, and Research Directions

Introduction

Psychophysiology: Measurement, Perspectives, and Methodological Concerns

Psychophysiology and Locus of Control

Conclusions

References

4 Cross-Cultural Research with the Locus of Control Construct

Introduction

Why Do Cross-Cultural Research? Promises, Promises

Problems and Perils of Cross-Cultural Research

Comparisons of Relative Levels of Externality

Studies of Internal Structure

Cross-Cultural Studies of External Validity of Locus of Control

Conclusions and Directions for Future Research

References

II Limitations in Locus of Control Research

5 An Attribution Analysis of the Locus of Control Construct and the Trent Attribution Profile

An Attribution Analysis of Locus of Control

A Dual-Dimensional View of Locus of Control

The Trent Attribution Profile

Conclusions

Appendix A: The Trent Attribution Profile

References

6 Participatory Control and the Chronic-Illness Adjustment Process

Introduction

The Reality of Living with Chronic Disease and Health Care Dependency

Relationship of Control to Adjustment: Application of Current Knowledge

Control as a Means to an End

Control as an End or a Need

Multidimensional Compensation Model

Relationships of Control to Adjustment: Reconsiderations and a Hypothesis

What Is Internal versus External Control?

Participatory Control

Review of Supporting Literature

Summary

References

7 Epilogue

References

Author Index

Subject Index