University of Chicago, USA.
J Health Psychol. 1996 Oct;1(4):469-77. doi: 10.1177/135910539600100405.
Little agreement exists on how attributional style and locus of control relate to one another. Some consider the two to be interchangeable; others say that they overlap but are not identical. This study of the perceptions of control (conceptualized as attributional style and locus of control) of 144 adults with epilepsy, measured via a mailed survey, lends support to the latter notion. Attributional style for bad events, but not for good events, could be predicted by length of time that participants had been seizure free. Locus of control could not be predicted. Differences in the nature of the two concepts and how they develop within individuals are examined to explain how changes in seizure control would effect one but not the other. Implications for other medical conditions are discussed.
归因风格和控制源之间如何相互关联，目前尚无定论。一些人认为两者可以互换，而另一些人则表示它们虽然存在重叠，但并不完全相同。本研究通过邮寄调查的方式，对 144 名癫痫患者的控制感（归因风格和控制源概念化）进行了调查，结果支持后一种观点。归因风格（归因风格是指对不良事件的归因方式）可以预测参与者无癫痫发作的时间长短，但不能预测控制源。本文还探讨了这两个概念的本质差异以及它们在个体内部的发展方式，以解释癫痫发作控制的变化如何只影响其中一个概念而不影响另一个概念。最后讨论了这些发现对其他医疗状况的意义。
