Petrosky M J, Birkimer J C
Department of Psychology, University of Louisville, KY 40292.
J Clin Psychol. 1991 May;47(3):336-45. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<336::aid-jclp2270470303>3.0.co;2-l.
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.
102名受试者提供了控制点、应对方式、心理症状及相关信息。虽然控制点和其他预测因素分别与症状报告相关，但多元回归分析显示，只有直接应对策略和较低的压力感知报告能持续预测症状报告的减少；它们通常能预测症状学中25%至35%的方差。反过来，发现直接应对强烈地受到年龄增长、对情境可控性的感知以及内控点的综合影响。年长的受试者报告的外控点归因较少，直接应对较多，症状较少，这表明在这些相对年轻的成年人中可能存在朝着更好适应发展的趋势。
