Locus of control, repression-sensitization, and psychological disorder in chronic pain patients

✍ Scribed by Charles McCreary; Judith Turner

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 402 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198407)40:4<897::aid-jclp2270400405>3.0.co;2-p

✦ Synopsis

Examined the relationship between locus of control and psychological disorder in chronic pain patients controlling for the effects of response sets. Fifty-nine patients with chronic low back pain were given Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) scale and the MMPI. Multiple regression analysis showed that the MMPI K, F, and PT scales produced the most efficient prediction of I-E scores. Response set tendencies to dramatize problems and traits that involve excessive rumination and self-doubt were related to external locus of control.