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